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...
A day after the Supreme Court suggested that SFIO could help banks in recovering bad loans, the government on Thursday said it would look into the possibility of engaging the corporate fraud probing body to deal with the menace of non-performing assets.
The finance ministry has asked government banks to shift to a system where non-performing assets (NPAs) are identified by technology. The aim is to avoid human interference. The ministry has told the government banks to put the system in place by March 2011.
After Bank of Rajasthan – ICICI Bank merger, while more old banks may fall prey to such inorganic growth hunger of banks wanting to become bigger in short run, another major development going to be in the banking space is the entry of new private sector players in the banking arena.
As a follow-up to one of the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission, the Government has set-up a committee headed by Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India for comprehensive review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) structure, interest rate, tenor and other administrative matters. The terms of reference of the Committee include, inter alia, review of the existing parameters for the small saving schemes, terms of lending to States and other related issues.
The profitability of RRBs, as a segment, has been improving. However, some of the factors responsible for losses in RRBs are identified as : low recovery, high NPA, low business level, low productivity per branch and per staff, high cost structure, poor financial management, limited area of operation, non-viable level of operation in branches located in resource-poor areas etc. Further, one of the RRBs, namely Puduval Bharthiar Grama Bank, which was set up in March 2008, has not yet reached a breakeven point;
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) having considered it necessary in public interest and to regulate the financial system of the country to its advantage had laid draft guidelines on the regulation of issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) with maturity of less than one year .
Many non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have made investment in overseas ventures without the regulatory clearance by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A Statement with the details of the NBFCs, registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which have made investments in overseas Joint Ventures/ Wholly Owned Subsidiaries without approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during the last three years and action taken is attached as Annex -I. Similar Statement in respect of other NBFCs is at Annex-II.
The Reserve Bank on Wednesday suggested lowering the foreign investment limit in new private sector banks to below 50 per cent from 74 per cent currently, in order to strengthen the local banks.
The Reserve Bank of India does not have any estimate of alleged illegal gold transactions going on in the country, according an RTI reply. The application addressed to the Finance Ministry was transferred to the Bankers’ Bank for a reply on the issue of illegal gold transactions, ‘hawala’ trade and blackmoney stashed away in banks abroad, but the RBI said it had no information on these issue.
In terms of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Master Circular dated July 1, 2010 on Customer Service, banks have been advised that they should exercise due care and necessary precautions for the protection of the lockers provided to the customer.
