Fema / RBI : RBI has reiterated that software and ITES exporters must submit the annual survey based on the previous financial year. The guidel...
Fema / RBI : RBI requires mutual funds to report foreign liabilities and assets annually for compilation of Balance of Payments and Internation...
Fema / RBI : RBI’s 2026 amendments impose a mandatory three-year cooling-off period after directors complete ten years on co-operative bank b...
Fema / RBI : The requirement applies if foreign assets or liabilities exist as of 31 March, even without fresh transactions. The rule ensures d...
Fema / RBI : RBI has standardized the 90-day NPA classification rule across all NBFC categories, including NBFC-BL entities, effective 31 March...
Fema / RBI : RBI has clarified reporting requirements, valuation methods, submission procedures, and entity obligations under the Portfolio Inv...
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 : Reimbursement of interim payments from insured banks in priority to other liabilities was a valid exercise of legislative competen...
Fema / RBI : The Court held that rejection of NBFC registration surrender solely due to meeting PBC was unsustainable without giving an opportu...
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 : RBI has reiterated that old series banknotes issued before 2005 remain legal tender but should not be re-issued by banks. The circ...
Fema / RBI : The RBI has consolidated all directions relating to the withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes from circulation. The circular reiterates ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has exempted eligible FCNR(B) deposits from CRR and SLR requirements until September 30, 2026. The measure is aimed at attract...
Fema / RBI : RBI has exempted fresh FCNR(B) deposits mobilized between June 8 and September 30, 2026 from CRR and SLR requirements. The move ai...
Fema / RBI : RBI has exempted eligible FCNR(B) deposits from CRR and SLR requirements for urban co-operative banks. The move aims to attract fo...
Auditors in public sector banks (PSBs) must be appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the current practice of allowing bank managements to decide on such appointments must be done away with, the new President of the CA Institute, Mr Amarjit Chopra, has said.
Responding to the widespread feeling that banks do not set their lending rates in a scientific and transparent manner, the Reserve Bank of India is in the last stages of the consultative process to introduce a new system. The proposed system will replace the existing system of benchmark prime lending rates (BPLR) with base rates. The formula for calculating the base rate will take into account the cost of deposits, cost of complying with CRR and SLR requirements, and the need to retain a profit margin.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to enable existing home loan borrowers to benefit from lower rates along with new customers, a senior official of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) told Reuters. In a letter to the IBA, the central bank has asked banks to reconsider their decision after lenders told the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last year that reducing rates on all home loans is unviable for them.
The role of market infrastructure institutions has been continuously evolving to meet the challenges of the emerging securities market. These institutions are increasingly called upon to undertake regulation and supervision of the markets, while simultaneously pursuing commercial objectives.
Did the restructuring of bad loans done by the Reserve Bank of India a year ago help small and medium enterprises recover and also curtail the build-up of bank’s bad loans, or did it just delay the recognition of bad loans?
Please refer to paragraph 2.3 of our Master Circular RPCD. CO. RRB. No. BL. BC.8/03.05.90-A/2009-10 (RBI/2009-10/41) dated July 1, 2009 in terms of which amalgamated RRBs having 75 or more branches will be allowed to open one Regional Office (RO) for every 50 branches, and RRBs, which had not undergone amalgamation (stand alone) and having 50 or more branches, are allowed to open one RO for every 25 branches.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) does not approve of penalties on foreclosure of loans and admits there is no uniformity among banks on such matters, but appears to have done little to address the problem. This is reflected in two separate sets of replies to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act on the issue of high rates of penalties charged on the prepayment of loans, in a practice followed by private, foreign and state-run banks alike.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday withdrew the special short-term foreign currency borrowings facility for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies. The central bank made the decision after reviewing the macroeconomic conditions and improvements in the domestic credit and liquidity conditions, it said in a statement.
The banking regulator of the country, Reserve Bank of India, does not have any information about “heavy penalties” and “extra-ordinary interest rates” imposed by banks on credit card defaults. In reply to a question “Is RBI aware that banks are charging heavy penalties also in addition to extra-ordinary interest rate on credit card default payments?
This Policy Review statement should be read and understood together with the detailed review in Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments released yesterday by the Reserve Bank. The statement is organised in four sections. Section I provides an overview of global and domestic macroeconomic developments; Section II sets out the outlook and projections for growth, inflation, money and credit aggregates. Section III explains the stance of monetary policy and Section IV specifies the monetary measures.
