Fema / RBI : Discover the revised timelines and requirements outlined in the Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Filing of Supervisory ...
Fema / RBI : Master the latest RBI Directions on filing supervisory returns for NBFCs, ensuring compliance with updated reporting requirements ...
Fema / RBI : RBI's Master Directions 2024 mandates guidelines for issuing Commercial Papers and NCDs up to one year, focusing on eligibility, i...
Fema / RBI : Regulations for software export depend upon the medium used. Learn how the export of software through data communication links fro...
Fema / RBI : WITH the Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No 21 of 2009) coming into force from June 1, the RBI has advised a...
Fema / RBI : The eighth meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), constituted under section 45ZB of the amended Reserve Bank of India Act...
Fema / RBI : On a review, it has been decided to include the National Payments Corporation of India. (NPCI) and United Stock Exchange of India ...
Fema / RBI : WITH the Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No 21 of 2009) coming into force from June 1, the RBI has advised a...
Fema / RBI : The contentions of the RBI that the dispute is between the Petitioner and Respondents is not acceptable since the dispute arises o...
Fema / RBI : RBI has withdrawn the requirement for prior approval of tie-ups between AD banks and non-bank remittance platforms. The new framew...
Fema / RBI : The issue was fragmented regulations on NRI debt investments. RBI consolidated and updated directions to streamline compliance und...
Fema / RBI : The direction requires entities to obtain LEI codes for participating in RBI-regulated financial markets. Non-compliance results i...
SEBI : The regulator has consolidated all operative circulars under the LODR framework into a single master reference. The update simplif...
Fema / RBI : The RBI has released the Master Direction for Rupee IRDs effective March 2026, setting rules for OTC and exchange-traded derivativ...
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2006 (Act No. 26 of 2006) provides a legal definition of ‘repo’ and ‘reverse repo’ (vide sub-sections (c) and (d) of section 45 U of Chapter III D of the Act) as an instrument for borrowing (lending) funds by selling (purchasing) securities with an agreement to repurchase (resell) the securities on a mutually agreed future date at an agreed price which includes interest for the funds borrowed (lent).
With a view to facilitating accounting of all the Government transactions of the current financial year (2009-10) by March 31, 2010 and meeting the probable rush of tax-payers towards the end of the year, it has been decided, in consultation with Controller General of Accounts, Government of India, to take the following special measures relating to Government transactions:
As a part of the calibrated exit strategy initiated in the Second Quarter Review in October 2009 and carried forward in the Third Quarter Review in January 2010, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to raise the repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 4.75 per cent to 5.00 per cent and the reverse repo rate under the LAF by 25 basis points from 3.25 per cent to 3.50 per cent with immediate effect.
Please refer to the Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2009-10/1263 dated March 19, 2010, in terms of which the fixed repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) has been increased by 25 basis points from 4.75 per cent to 5.0 per cent with immediate effect.
1. Concentration of Deposits, Advances, Exposures and NPAs. 2. Sector-wise NPAs 3. Movement of NPAs 4. Overseas assets, NPAs and revenue 5. Off-balance sheet SPVs sponsored by banks
As you are aware, Credit Information Bureau of India Ltd.(CIBIL) has been functioning as a Credit Information Company (CIC) from January 2001 onwards and banks and Financial Institutions have been reporting data to CIBIL as per our letters DBOD No. DL.BC.111/20.16.001/2001-02 and DBOD No. DL.BC.29 /20.16.002/2002-03 dated June 04, 2002 and October 1, 2002 respectively in this regard.
Banks undertaking PD activities departmentally may continue to follow the extant guidelines applicable to banks in regard to the classification and valuation of the investment portfolio issued by our Department of Banking Operations and Development.
State and Central Co-operative Banks grant loans for various purposes against the security of gold /gold ornaments as part of their lending policy. As per extant instructions (c.f. our circular RPCD.RF.BC.No.69/07.37.02/2002-03 dated January 31, 2003), banks charge interest at monthly rests on loans and advances granted for purposes other than agricultural and allied activities.
It was proposed to increase the provisioning requirement for advances to the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) sector classified as ‘standard assets’ to 1.00 per cent with a view to building cushion against likely non-performing assets (NPAs). Accordingly, it has been decided to increase the provisioning requirement for advances to the CRE Sector classified as ‘standard asset’ to 1%.
Please refer to our circular UBD (PCB) BPD.Cir.No. 7/13.01.000/2009-10 dated September 1, 2009 advising banks to put in place requisite infrastructure so that transition to the revised procedure of calculating interest on balances in savings bank accounts on a daily product basis could be implemented smoothly.
