RBI Notifications includes Notifications, Circulars, Guidelines, Press release issued by Reserve Bank of India & GOI Related to Banking and Fema Law.
Fema / RBI : The issue involved delayed recognition of credit losses under the earlier framework. RBI introduced ECL to ensure probability-base...
Fema / RBI : RBI clarified that the Digital Rupee is legal tender with features similar to physical cash. It enables secure, instant, and fee-f...
Fema / RBI : The issue concerns alternative settlement mechanisms for international trade. The framework allows INR-based transactions with fle...
Fema / RBI : The RBI maintained key policy rates unchanged, signaling confidence in economic stability and controlled inflation. The decision r...
Fema / RBI : The RBI clarifies which entities must file FLA returns and outlines the complete online filing process. The key takeaway is mandat...
Fema / RBI : The amendment redefines revenue reserves by excluding provisions for liabilities and depreciation. This ensures clearer classifica...
Fema / RBI : RBI revises the definition of revenue reserves to exclude provisions and liabilities. The change enhances transparency and consist...
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 : The Reserve Bank of India has proposed a clear 5% IFR requirement for rural co-operative banks’ current investments. This change...
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 : Harsh Nitin Gokhale Vs Reserve Bank of India & Ors (Supreme Court) In the present case, writ petition file seeking relief to e...
Fema / RBI : Directorate of Enforcement Vs. Subhash Muljimal Gandhi ( Delhi HC)- that interest at the rate of 6% per annum under Rule 8 could ...
Fema / RBI : Ketan V. Parekh Vs. Special Director, Directorate of Enforcement and another (Supreme Court)- Ketan Parikh, Kartik Parikh and M/s....
Fema / RBI : Binod Kumar Versus State of Jharkhand & Others- In the impugned judgment, it is mentioned that the basic allegation is amassing of...
Fema / RBI : RBI issued revised draft directions to regulate recovery practices of banks, NBFCs, and other regulated entities. The framework pr...
Fema / RBI : RBI has released draft amendment directions for commercial and small finance banks to strengthen Pillar 3 disclosures under Basel ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has abolished the mandatory Investment Fluctuation Reserve requirement for commercial banks following changes in market risk a...
Fema / RBI : RBI has amended Investment Fluctuation Reserve norms for Small Finance Banks after identifying operational difficulties in maintai...
Fema / RBI : RBI has amended Investment Fluctuation Reserve norms for Payments Banks after identifying operational challenges in maintaining IF...
The facility of exchange of cut/mutilated banknotes, in addition to soiled notes and issue of good quality clean banknotes/coins, should be made available at all bank branches (including those of co-operative banks and RRBs). In case a branch, for any reason, is not able to immediately adjudicate the cut/mutilated notes across the counter
To begin with, standardisation shall be mandatory for INR Mumbai Inter Bank Offer Rate (MIBOR)- Overnight Index Swap (OIS) contracts. The standardisation requirement shall be mandatory for all IRS contracts other than client trades.
The permission to offer varying rates of interest for deposits of the same maturity shall apply to single Rupee term deposits of Rs. 1 crore and above. Banks may therefore offer same rate of interest or differential rates of interest for deposits of Rs. 1 crore and above of the same maturity. For deposits below Rs. 1 crore of the same maturity, the same rate will apply. Rupee term deposits shall include domestic term deposits as well as term deposits under NRO and NRE accounts.
The Central Government, with a view to bringing privately held stock of gold in circulation, reduce the country’s reliance on import of gold and providing its owners with some income apart from freeing them from the problems of storage, movement and security of gold in their possession, had notified Gold Deposit Scheme, 1999 on 14th September, 1999.
Keeping in view the operational difficulties faced by the account holders and the Authorized Dealer banks, as a measure of rationalization, it has been decided to dispense with the stipulation made in A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 124 dated May 10, 2012, that EEFC account holders henceforth will be permitted to access the forex market for purchasing foreign exchange only after utilizing fully the available balances in the EEFC accounts.
Claims for re-imbursement of subvention amount may be submitted to the Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Urban Banks Department, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, Garment House, Worli, Mumbai 400 018 on a quarterly basis starting from quarter ended June 30, 2013 in the format as per Annex III.
Rule 9(1A) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Rules, 2005 requires that every banking company, and financial institution, as the case may be, shall identify the beneficial owner and take all reasonable steps to verify his identity.
As per the extant guidelines, Indian companies in the manufacturing and infrastructure sector (as defined under the extant ECB policy), which are consistent foreign exchange earners, are allowed to avail of ECBs for repayment of outstanding Rupee loan(s) availed of from the domestic banking system and / or for fresh Rupee capital expenditure.
During the compounding process, on a number of occasions, it has been brought to our notice by the applicants that the contraventions of the provisions of FEMA by corporates and individuals are due to the acts of omission and commission of the Authorised Dealers and some of the applicants have also produced documentary evidence in support of their claim. Such contraventions being dealt with by the Reserve Bank mainly relate to:
Government of India has decided to widen the scheme to include certain items covering the Engineering Sectors. The Scheme will be made available to the Engineering Sector on pre and post shipment export credit on the same terms and conditions as available to other sectors. A list of 134 tariff lines of Engineering products approved for inclusion in Interest Subvention for the period January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013 is enclosed to this circular
