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Reserve Bank of India has issued Guidelines on Trading of Currency Options on Recognised Stock / New Exchanges vide A.P (DIR Series) Circular No.05 dated July 30, 2010 (copy enclosed). Accordingly it has been decided to allow AD Category – I UCBs, fulfilling the norms for AD – I license (listed in Annexure I of Circular UBD.PCB.Cir No. 21/16.12.000/06-07 dated November 27, 2006) to participate in the exchange traded currency option market of a designated exchange recognized by SEBI, only as clients, subject to RBI (Foreign Exchange Department) Guidelines, referred to above. Participation will be allowed only for hedging underlying forex exposure arising from customer transactions.
Destination banks may also explore the possibility of using the Unique Transaction Reference (UTR) number to link / retrieve the original message received by them, based on which additional information can be provided as a service initiative when customers make requests online or through call centres.
In this context, we advise that a Committee was constituted by the Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, to review the permissible period for transfer of funds to Government account in case of e-payment and other related issues. The Committee recommended that the remittance norm of T+1 working day (including put through date) for e-payment as applicable for Private Sector Banks may also be made applicable for the Public Sector Banks.
However, in case the promoters fail to bring in their balance share of sacrifice within the extended time limit of one year, the asset classification benefits derived by banks in terms of para 14.2.2 of the above circular will cease to accrue and the banks will have to revert to classifying such accounts as per the asset classification norms specified under para 11.2 of our above circular.
In this connection, we advise that the above mentioned restriction on grant of bank advances for financing promoters’ contribution towards equity capital would also extend to bank finance to activities related to such acquisitions like payment of non compete fee, etc.
In case of disputes where the Reserve Bank of India is an involved party, the dispute shall be referred to the Central Government which may authorise an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary for settlement of the dispute and the decision of such officer shall be final and binding on all parties.
On a review, it has been decided to include the National Payments Corporation of India. (NPCI) and United Stock Exchange of India Ltd.(USEIL) as part of institutions forming crucial financial infrastructure. Accordingly, banks’ investments in NPCI and USEIL will also be excluded from the aggregate Capital Market Exposure ceiling of 40 percent of net worth and direct investment ceiling of 20 percent of net worth, till they are listed. After listing, the exposure in excess of the original investment (i.e. prior to listing) would form part of the Capital Market Exposure.
In terms of para 9 of Schedule 1 to the Notification, Indian companies are required to report, the details of the amount of consideration received for issue of FDI instruments, viz. equity shares, fully and mandatorily convertible preference shares and debentures under the FDI scheme, in the Advance Reporting Format along with the KYC report on the non-resident investor, to the Regional Office of the Reserve Bank in whose jurisdiction the Registered Office of the company operates, within 30 days of receipt of the amount of consideration. Further, the Indian company is required to issue the FDI instruments to the non-resident investor within 180 days of the receipt of the inward remittance and report the same in Form FC-GPR, to the Regional Office concerned of the Reserve Bank, within 30 days from the date of issue of shares.
During the NEFT operating hours, originating banks should endeavour to put through the requests for NEFT transactions received by them, either online or across the counters, preferably in the next available batch but, in any case, not exceeding two hours from the time of receipt of the requests. In the likelihood of any delay / possible delay in adhering to this requirement, the originators / customers should be informed of the delay / possible delay and the reasons for the same.”
As you are aware, the ‘Cheque Return Memo’ that should accompany a cheque dishonoured / returned for any reason is a critical document, more so in case recourse to legal action is necessitated. The procedure for handling dishonoured cheques including
