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 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...
Fema / RBI : The issue was fragmented regulations on NRI debt investments. RBI consolidated and updated directions to streamline compliance und...
The Reserve Bank on Friday announced steps to inject an additional Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) into the system, a move that would pave the way for further cut in interest rates and more funds for credit disbursal. As part of decisions, forming the second stimulus package finalised jointly with the government, RBI announced […]
Volatility in lending and deposit rates witnessed during the year is expected to end in 2009 with interest rates seen to be going down, due primarily to an easy monetary stance being pursued by the Reserve Bank of India] to push growth.
The farm loan waiver scheme may not trigger a tendency among farmers to default intentionally, Amarendra Sahoo, chief general manager, rural planning and credit department, Reserve Bank of India , said on Thursday. “The farm loan waiver may not impact. Some farmers may wilfully default. But genuine people will repay loans,” Sahoo said. Many bankers have been expressing concern that the farm loan waiver scheme announced in Union Budget for 2008-09 would have an impact on farmers’ credit discipline.
The Reserve Bank of India has started a review of the non-performing asset or bad loan classification norms to ease the flow of credit to corporate groups. The move follows a reference from the government and is aimed at relaxing the norms temporarily to enable companies to access funds during the economic downturn that is putting pressure on cash flows and repayment capabilities.
The use of monetary policy to stabilise growth has always been subject to concerns about effectiveness, often described as ‘pushing on a string.’ The central bank can lower rates and inject liquidity all it wants, but these measures will only have the desired impact if they translate into lower lending rates and larger flows of credit from the banking system.
Under the general permission available, the following categories can freely purchase immovable property in India: i) Non-Resident Indian (NRI)- that is a citizen of India resident outside India ii) Person of Indian Origin (PIO)- that is an individual (not being a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh or Sri Lanka or Afghanistan or China or Iran or Nepal or Bhutan), who
Following are the highlights of the mid-term review of India’s monetary policy conducted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subbarao Friday: – Bank rate, repo rate and reverse repo rate kept unchanged , Flexibility retained to conduct overnight auctions of securities. Cash reserve ratio kept unchanged at 6.5 per cent. Floating rate bonds to be issued at appropriate time. Interest rate futures contracts to be launched in early 2009.
The Reserve Bank of India has asked small non banking financial companies (NBFCs) to curtail their public deposits. In a notification put out on Monday, the RBI has tightened the rules governing access to such public deposits. It said that NBFCs with a net owned fund (NoF) of between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 2 crore, must limit their public deposits to the level of their net owned funds as against the current ceiling of 1.5 times the net owned funds.
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have gained prominence as a delivery channel for banking transactions in India. Banks have been deploying ATMs to increase their reach. While ATMs facilitate a variety of banking transactions for customers, their main utility has been for cash withdrawal and balance enquiry. As at the end of December 2007, the number of ATMs deployed in India was 32,342. Commensurate with the branch network, larger banks have deployed more ATMs. Most banks prefer to deploy ATMs at locations where they have a large customer base or expect considerable use. To increase the usage of ATMs as a delivery channel, banks have also entered into bilateral or multilateral arrangements with other banks to have inter-bank ATM networks.
The finance ministry is expected to announce the abolition of tax deducted at source (TDS) on corporate bonds in Budget 2008-09, official sources told media. The move is expected to stoke the near-dormant secondary market in corporate bonds by bringing them on a par with government securities (G-Secs). TDS on G-Secs was abolished in 2000, a move that had a positive impact on secondary trading in these bonds.
