Fema / RBI : RBI plans to ease registration norms for low-risk NBFCs to reduce compliance burden. The move aims to encourage innovation while m...
CA, CS, CMA : CBDT corrected multiple ITR forms to fix structural and computational errors. The update ensures accurate tax reporting and reduce...
Fema / RBI : The issue concerns liability in unauthorised digital transactions. The ruling insight highlights that absence of a clear definitio...
Fema / RBI : The RBI maintained key policy rates unchanged, signaling confidence in economic stability and controlled inflation. The decision r...
CA, CS, CMA : The latest amendments aim to simplify compliance and promote investment while reducing penalties. The update signals a major shift...
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 court held that failure to apply Clause 3(d) of the RBI Master Circular invalidated the wilful defaulter declaration. Non-Exec...
Corporate Law : The court held that Ombudsman’s finding of customer negligence was unsustainable and directed bank to refund disputed amount. Th...
Corporate Law : Court ruled that protections under the RBI Circular apply only to third-party breaches and cannot be invoked to recast personal tr...
Fema / RBI : Rajasthan High Court stays a ₹7 crore deposit for Tijaria Polypipes' OTS, directing Bank of India to comply with RBI circulars a...
Fema / RBI : RBI directs NBFCs to adhere to a Rs 20,000 cash loan disbursement limit, aiming to regulate cash transactions and enforce complian...
Fema / RBI : The RBI has consolidated all previous e-mandate guidelines into a single framework governing recurring digital payments. The key t...
Fema / RBI : The update prohibits most INR derivative contracts with related entities. Only specific transactions such as cancellations and non...
Fema / RBI : The issue involved restrictive branch approval requirements for NBFCs. RBI removed prior approval norms, allowing easier expansion...
Fema / RBI : The RBI proposes replacing the existing dual methodology with a single asset-based criterion for identifying NBFC-UL entities. The...
Fema / RBI : The discussion paper addresses increasing APP frauds and proposes preventive safeguards like transaction delays and authentication...
Interest rates on advances have been de-regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The banks determined their actual lending rates on loans and advances with reference to their Base Rate and by including such other customer specific changes as considered appropriate. A statement is annexed.
RBI has suggested that banks should charge for cash withdrawal and deposit through cheques while the government agencies should do away with convenience charges for online payment of utility bills.
Since the Second Quarter Review (SQR) of Monetary Policy in October 2012, headwinds holding back the global economy have begun to abate gradually, although sluggish conditions prevail. In the US, activity gathered momentum in Q3 of 2012 but this is unlikely to have been sustained in Q4. While a political consensus to avert the ‘fiscal cliff’ has calmed financial markets,
Though the Indian economy has witnessed tremendous growth lately, vast sections of our society have remained excluded from the India growth story due to various socio-economic factors. It is ironic that despite our cities seeing widespread affluence, large pockets of financial exclusion should exist right at the very heart of these cities.
The banks which have not issued long-term bonds (minimum maturity of 5 years) to the extent of their exposure to the infrastructure sector (minimum residual maturity of 5 years) could utilize the room available to issue more Long Term bonds which would help release resources for extending long-term fixed rate loan products.
In the latest Basel accord (Basel III), Basel Committee introduced two new liquidity ratios in addition to the increase in existing ratios, to reduce the vulnerability of banks to unfavorable situation like 2008 crisis. By introducing these new ratios, the Basel Committee intends to fortify banks against adverse and distressed situations, abolish mismatches between assets and liabilities and push more sound and reliable sources of funding such as long term funding.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today placed on its website, the Draft Report of the Working Group to Study the Issues Related to Gold and Gold Loans by Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) in India (Chairman: Shri K.U.B.Rao, Adviser, Department of Economic and Policy Research). The Reserve Bank has sought comments on the draft report […]
The Reserve Bank of India has decided to keep all the key rates unchanged in its mid-quarter policy review today. The repo rate has been kept unchanged at 8 per cent and the cash reserve ratio has also been kept unchanged at 4.25 per cent. Consequently, the reverse repo rate will remain unchanged at 7 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) and the Bank Rate at 9 per cent.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) collects on quarterly basis, the information on Willful Defaulters (non-suit filed accounts) of Rs. 25 lakh and above from Banks. Besides RBI, the Credit Information Companies, including Credit Information Bureau of India Ltd. (CIBIL) are maintaining a database on suit filed accounts, including willful defaulters with Rs. 25 lakhs and above.
The External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) Policy is reviewed periodically by the Government in consultation with RBI keeping in view the evolving macro economic situation, external sector assessment, needs of the corporate sector and sectoral requirements.
