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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 Foreign Investment Rules, 2026 for public comments until August 31, 2026, proposing a simplified, principle-b...
Fema / RBI : RBI released draft data governance guidance for regulated entities, inviting comments by August 17, 2026, on governance, data qual...
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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...
The Reserve Bank of India has invited stakeholders interested in scheduling discussions on the Discussion Paper on Entry of New Private Sector Banks in the Private Sector to get in touch with the Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Department of Banking Operations and Development, Central Office, 5th Floor, World Trade Centre-1, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai-400005 or email to fix the schedules for meetings.
The finance ministry has asked government banks to shift to a system where non-performing assets (NPAs) are identified by technology. The aim is to avoid human interference. The ministry has told the government banks to put the system in place by March 2011.
After Bank of Rajasthan – ICICI Bank merger, while more old banks may fall prey to such inorganic growth hunger of banks wanting to become bigger in short run, another major development going to be in the banking space is the entry of new private sector players in the banking arena.
As a follow-up to one of the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission, the Government has set-up a committee headed by Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India for comprehensive review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) structure, interest rate, tenor and other administrative matters. The terms of reference of the Committee include, inter alia, review of the existing parameters for the small saving schemes, terms of lending to States and other related issues.
The profitability of RRBs, as a segment, has been improving. However, some of the factors responsible for losses in RRBs are identified as : low recovery, high NPA, low business level, low productivity per branch and per staff, high cost structure, poor financial management, limited area of operation, non-viable level of operation in branches located in resource-poor areas etc. Further, one of the RRBs, namely Puduval Bharthiar Grama Bank, which was set up in March 2008, has not yet reached a breakeven point;
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) having considered it necessary in public interest and to regulate the financial system of the country to its advantage had laid draft guidelines on the regulation of issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) with maturity of less than one year .
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has unveiled a Consolidated FDI Policy on 1 April 2010 which consolidates all the prior policies / regulations on Foreign direct investments (FDI) as per Foreign Exchange Control Regulations and Press Notes /Press Releases / Clarifications issued by DIPP, into a single document and thereby reflects the current ‘policy framework’ on FDI.
Many non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have made investment in overseas ventures without the regulatory clearance by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A Statement with the details of the NBFCs, registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which have made investments in overseas Joint Ventures/ Wholly Owned Subsidiaries without approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during the last three years and action taken is attached as Annex -I. Similar Statement in respect of other NBFCs is at Annex-II.
The Reserve Bank on Wednesday suggested lowering the foreign investment limit in new private sector banks to below 50 per cent from 74 per cent currently, in order to strengthen the local banks.
Hitherto, Indian corporates in the services sectors viz., hotels, hospitals and software were allowed to avail ECB upto USD 100 million per financial year under the automatic route for permissible end-uses. ECB beyond USD 100 million was arguably not permissible even under the approval route.
