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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...
In order to capture the statistics relating to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), both inward and outward in a more comprehensive manner as also to align it with international best practices, it has been decided to replace Part B of the Form FC-GPR by a separate ‘Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets’ given as Annex-I. The return should be submitted by July 15 of every year to the Director, Balance of Payment Statistics Division, Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM), Reserve Bank of India, C-9, 8th floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051. Further, the return should be submitted by all the Indian companies which have received FDI and/or made FDI abroad (i.e. overseas investment) in the previous year(s) including the current year. The Annex –II gives the concepts and definitions useful in filling the Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets.
Coins of 25 Paise and Below – Withdrawal from Circulation vide UBD.BPD. (PCB). Cir.No. 39 /09.73.000/2010-11. The Reserve Bank of India has instructed the banks maintaining small coin depots (list annexed) to arrange for exchange of coins of denomination of 25 paise and below for their face value at their branches. Members of public can exchange small denomination coins at any branch of these banks. Exchange facility will also be available at all Issue Offices of the Reserve Bank. The coins will be exchanged at the branches of these banks/offices of the Reserve Bank till the close of business on June 30, 2011.
Inflation rose marginally to 8.31 per cent for the month ended February, driven by high food and fuel prices, which may prompt the RBI to hike interest rates when it reviews the monetary policy later this week. However, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed hope that inflation should come down to 7 per cent by next month-end.
State Bank of India (SBI), the bank managing most number of clearing locations, was advised to lead the initiative to develop a new automation package complete with all required and latest features. The package developed through M/s Image InfoSystems Pvt. Ltd. (vendor), tentatively styled ‘Express Cheque Clearing System’ (ECCS) is now ready for deployment. The technical and commercial aspects of ECCS have been vetted by a Committee comprising of senior executives from SBI, other Clearing House managing banks, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and National Clearing Cell-Nariman Point, Mumbai and successfully tested during live processing at a few Clearing Houses as well. Considering the improvements that ECCS would offer, it has been decided to roll-out the software across all non-MICR clearing locations in the country.
1) What is a forged note? A suspected forged note, counterfeit note or fake note is any note which does not possess the characteristics of genuine Indian currency notes. 2) How can I identify a forged note? You can identify a forged note if you are unable to detect the features which are present in a genuine Indian currency note. These features are easily identifiable by seeing, touching and tilting the note.
The employee strength of foreign banks in India dropped by over six per cent in 2010, with as many as 19 of the 32 overseas lenders in the country reporting a dip. According to the ‘Statistical Tables Relating to Banks of India’ released by the Reserve Bank of India, from 29,582 in 2009, the number of employees fell to 27,742 in 2010, a fall of 6.22 per cent.
The Reserve Bank of India today released the Statistical Tables Relating to Banks in India – an annual publication that provides key information on banks. The publication covers bank-wise and bank group-wise information on major items, such as, liabilities and assets, income and expenses, non-performing assets, financial ratios, spatial distribution of offices, number of employees and details of priority sector advances. It also provides bank group-wise monthly data on some of the major items, such as, aggregate deposits, liabilities to the banking system, assets with the banking system, investments, bank credit and sector-wise and industry-wise gross bank credit.
It has been decided to introduce Interest Rate Futures on 91-Day Treasury Bills issued by Government of India. In this regard, Reserve Bank of India has issued an amendment direction IDMD.PCD.27/ED(HRK)-2010 dated March 7, 2011 under section 45W of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, which has been placed on the Reserve Bank of India website (www.rbi.org.in).
The first meeting of the sub-committee of the Financial Stability Development Council (FSDC) was held at the Reserve Bank of India office in New Delhi on Friday, the central bank said in a release. The sub-committee reviewed the developments in the macro economy and the financial markets, it said.
The government today said that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has conducted a special inquiry into Rs 460-crore Citibank fraud case and was in the process of completing its final report. ” RBI has conducted a special scrutiny of the related accounts at Citibank, Gurgaon (branch) and other connected accounts at other banks. The final report is being completed”, Minister of state for Finance Namo Narain Meena told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
