In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby amends Notification No. 87(Re-2010)/2009-14 dated 05.12.2011 as follows.
In Notification No. 99 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 23.02.2012, the “Subject” heading at the top was mentioned as Permission for export of wheat through Land Custom Stations (LCS) on Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Nepal border. The contents of the notification, however, covered some other issues in addition to export through Land Custom Stations (LCS). Hence the Subject of the notification was not an accurate description of the contents. To avoid any chance of mis-interpretation, it is decided to amend the Subject to read as Re-notification of Sl. No. 46 A of Chapter 10 of ITC(HS) Classification of export & import items for export of wheat.
(i) Export of cotton [ITC(HS) Codes 5201 & 5203] has been prohibited till further orders. (ii) Transitional arrangements will not be applicable for the export of cotton. (iii) Export against registration certificates already issued will also not be allowed.
Please refer to our Circular DBOD.No.Leg.BC.24 /09.07.005/2009-10 dated July 21, 2009 wherein banks were, inter alia, advised to display the names and other details of the officials at their Head Office / Zonal Offices / Regional Offices including the names of the Nodal Officers / Principal Nodal Officers appointed under the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006 on their web-sites who can be contacted for redressal of complaints. Banks were also advised to display the names, addresses, telephone numbers and fax numbers of their CMD / CEO, Line Functioning Heads for operations such as, Credit Cards, Loans and Advances, Retail Banking, Personal Banking, Rural / Agricultural Banking, SME Banking, etc on their web-sites to enable their customers to approach them, if necessary.
In terms of circular IDMD.DOD.11/11.08.36/2009-10 dated June 30, 2010, all RBI-regulated entities are mandated to report their OTC transactions in CDs and CPs on the FIMMDA reporting platform within 15 minutes of the trade for online dissemination of market information. Such trades, however, are being settled between the counterparties on a bilateral basis.
We advise that, on March 5, 2012, we have issued ‘Certificate of Registration’ to Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL) to carry on the business of credit information. The address of the company is as follows:
In Notification No. 98 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 23.02.2012, the Subject heading at the top was mentioned as Permission for export of non-basmati rice through Land Custom Stations (LCS) on Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Nepal border. The contents of the notification, however, covered some other issues in addition to export through Land Custom Stations (LCS). Hence the Subject of the notification was not an accurate description of the contents. To avoid any chance of mis-interpretation, it is decided to amend the Subject to read as Re-notification of Sl. No. 45 A of Chapter 10 of ITC(HS) Classification of export & import items for export of non-basmati rice.
NBFCs-ND-SI are advised to follow the Guidelines which inter alia, stipulate that individual cases of frauds involving amount less than Rs. 25 lakhs shall be reported to the respective Regional Offices(ROs) of DNBS in whose jurisdiction registered office of the company is located whereas individual cases of frauds involving amount of Rs. 25 lakhs and above may be reported to Frauds Monitoring Cell, Department of Banking Supervision, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, World Trade Centre, Centre -1, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai- 400 005.
Please refer to paragraph 3 on ‘BC Model’ of our circular DBOD.No.BL.BC.43/ 22.01.009/2010-11 dated September 28, 2010 on the above subject wherein it is stated that while a BC can be a BC for more than one bank, at the point of customer interface, a retail outlet or a sub-agent of a BC shall represent and provide banking services of only one bank.
You are aware, that the Reserve Bank of India (the Bank) conducts inspection of UCBs under the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS) (the Act), to assess the financial position of a bank and its adherence to the various provisions of the Act and directions/instructions issued thereunder. It also monitors the financial position of UCBs based on periodical returns/statements submitted by them. Further, the Reserve Bank initiates supervisory actions based on its assessment of the financial position of a bank.
