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Fema / RBI : RBI has clarified reporting requirements, valuation methods, submission procedures, and entity obligations under the Portfolio Inv...
Fema / RBI : The amendment redefines revenue reserves by excluding provisions for liabilities and depreciation. This ensures clearer classifica...
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Fema / RBI : The Reserve Bank of India has removed a key provision from capital adequacy norms to ensure consistency with updated investment ru...
Fema / RBI : RBI introduces annual IFR assessment instead of continuous compliance for RRBs. The change reduces operational burden while mainta...
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 ...
Fema / RBI : The key issue was whether cash falls within the definition of property under the PBPT Act. The Tribunal ruled that cash is a tangi...
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...
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...
The additional liquidity support to scheduled commercial banks under the LAF to the extent of up to 0.5% of their net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) currently set to expire on July 2, is now extended up to July 16.
Floating rate home loan borrowers, stuck on higher interest rates, can expect some relief from today (July 1).The introduction of base rate will ensure that if they are linked to it, they will see automatic rise and fall in their existing rates.
If you are looking for a home loan, this is the right time to get one. A new system for interest rates will kick in on Thursday, which will be transparent, called the `base rate’ system. This will serve as the minimum rate for all loans and will be calculated on the cost of deposits, the banks’ administrative and operational costs and statutory costs.
The RBI directive to banks, asking them not to honour cheques with overwriting, will come into effect from December 1 instead of the earlier scheduled date of July 1, the apex bank said in its latest circular. The new rule is intended to prevent fraudulent withdrawal of money and expedite clearance of cheques.
Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.70 dated June 30, 2009 increasing the period of realisation and repatriation to India of the amount representing the full export value of goods or software exported, from six months to twelve months from the date of export, subject to review after one year.
with the change over to the Base Rate System, the interest rates applicable for all tenors of rupee export credit advances with effect from July 1, 2010 will be at or above Base Rate in respect of all fresh/renewed advances as advised vide our circularDBOD.Dir.(Exp).BC.No.102/04.02.001/2009-10 dated May 6, 2010 . Accordingly, banks may reduce the interest rate chargeable to the exporters as per the Base Rate System in the above mentioned sectors by the amount of subvention available.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 56, June 28, 2010 The provisions of section 15 of FEMA, 1999 permit compounding of contraventions and, as such it empowers the Reserve Bank to compound any contravention as defined under section 13 of the FEMA, except the contraventions under section 3 (a) of FEMA, on an application made by the person committing such contravention. Attention of all the Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks and their constituents is invited in this regard to the Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000 notified by the Government of India vide G.S.R.No.383 (E) dated 3rd May 2000 as amended from time to time (copy as on date given at Annex – I) and the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.31 dated February 1, 2005.
It was observed that issuance of the NCDs with original maturity of less than 1 year was unregulated either by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) or Government of India (GOI). Further, these instruments were issued with call / put options embedded in it, which imparted a ‘demand-liability’ like character to these instruments.
The Indian currency achieves another milestone, as the rupee is set to get a symbol for the first time in history.The Indian rupee will now sport a distinct identification symbol like the world’s major currencies – dollar, pound sterling, yen and the euro.
Clearing the confusion over honouring cheques with corrections, the Reserve Bank of India said this will be applicable only for cheques cleared under the image-based cheque truncation system (CTS). According to a RBI notification, this has been introduced to curtail cheque frauds on account of alterations in cheques and protect customers as well as banks.
