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Of late, certain serious concerns have been expressed in different quarters and by the Debt Recovery Tribunals over the manner compromise settlements have been effected by banks. One of the DRTs had also observed that banks adopted different parameters to different borrowers, and agreed for a lesser amount as against claimed amount, despite availability of ample securities and by ignoring RBI guidelines.
Please refer to the Press Release dated August 10, 2009 on issuance of Government of India Cash Management Bills (CMBs), wherein, it has been stated that the Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has decided to issue a new short-term instrument, known as Cash Management Bills, to meet the temporary cash flow mismatches of the Government. The CMBs will be non-standard, discounted instruments issued for maturities less than 91 days. Further, it has been stated that the CMBs will have the generic character of Treasury Bills.
Please refer to paragraph 2.3.1 of our Master circular UBD. PCB. MC. No.1/13.05.000 / 2009-10 dated July 1, 2009 on Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other restrictions. In terms of the circular, the total exposure of UCBs to real estate including individual housing loans and commercial real estate is restricted to 15% of the total deposit resources of a bank. In view of the requests made by a few banks and the federation, it is clarified as under:
As part of the liquidity easing measures announced by the RBI on May 26, 2010, it has been decided to conduct a second Liquidity Adjustment Facility (SLAF), on a daily basis, with effect from May 28, 2010 up to July 2, 2010.
At present, banks obtain liquidity from the Reserve Bank under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) against the collateral of eligible securities that are in excess of their prescribed statutory liquidity ratio (SLR). It has been decided that, in addition, purely as a temporary measure, scheduled commercial banks may avail additional liquidity support under the LAF to the extent of up to 0.5 per cent of their net demand and time liabilities. The additional liquidity support will be available with effect from the LAF auctions of May 28, 2010 and up to July 2, 2010.
For sake of clarity, in case of accounts of proprietorship concerns, it has been decided to lay down criteria for the customer identification procedure for account opening by proprietary concerns. Accordingly, apart from following the extant guidelines on customer identification procedure as applicable to the proprietor, banks should call for and verify the following documents before opening of accounts in the name of a proprietary concern:
Some banks have sought clarification in respect of classification of working capital limits granted to borrowers engaged in agricultural and allied activities and to food and agro-based processing units by way of export credit, under priority sector. The issue has been examined and it is clarified that loans granted by RRBs for agricultural and allied activities are eligible for classification under priority sector, irrespective of whether borrowing entity is engaged in export or otherwise.
We advise that the names of 9 amalgamated Regional Rural Banks have been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 by notification RPCD.CO.RRB.No.7812A/03.05.100/2009-10 January 21, 2010 published in the Extraordinary Gazette of India (Part III- Sec.4) dated March 12, 2010.
As you are aware, in terms of provisions contained in Rule 10(g) of the Uniform Regulations and Rules for Bankers’ Clearing Houses (URRBCH), for unauthorised overdrafts on account of adverse clearing position, defaulting banks are required to pay penal interest at the rate applicable to clean overdrafts plus 2% from the following working day till the position is regularised.
As you are aware, a Working Group was constituted by the Reserve Bank of India to review the Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) of the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (Chairman: Shri V.K. Sharma, Executive Director, RBI) and suggest measures to enhance its usage. The Report of the Working Group was released on March 6, 2010, which is available on our website (www.rbi.org.in). The Working Group has, inter alia, recommended that
