Reserve Bank of India has come across some misinformed communication circulating in some section of media including social media, about closure of some Public Sector Banks in the wake of their being placed under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework. In this context attention is drawn to the press release issued on June 5, 2017, which stated as under:
The Reserve Bank of India, today, released the Annual Report of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme for the year 2016-2017.
It has come to the notice of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that some Co-operative Societies are using the word Bank in their names. This is a violation of Section 7 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As Applicable to Co-operative Societies) (the B.R.Act, 1949).
In an immediate follow up action of last week’s Cabinet approval for creation of the posts of Chairman and Technical Members of the National Anti-profiteering Authority under GST, the Government today issued orders appointing senior IAS officer Shri B.N. Sharma, as the first Chairman of this apex Authority in the rank of Secretary to Government of India.
Pease refer to the PTI article….Govt may miss FY 2018 Revenue collection target appearing in leading daily newspapers, both in the print and electronic version.
Some news items have appeared in a section of the media quoting a reply to a Right to Information Act application that Aadhaar number linkage with bank accounts is not mandatory.
The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website a Discussion Paper on Foreign exchange trading platform for retail participants. The discussion paper proposes a scheme to encourage transparent and fair pricing in the retail forex market
The Reserve Bank of India today released Draft Directions for authorising Electronic Trading Platforms for financial market instruments regulated by the Reserve Bank. Comments on the draft guidelines are invited from banks, market participants and other interested parties by November 10, 2017.
SEBI formed a Committee on Corporate Governance in June 2017 under the Chairmanship of Mr. Uday Kotak with a view to enhancing the standards of corporate governance of listed entities in India. The committee consisted of officials from the government, industry, professional bodies, stock exchanges, academicians, lawyers, proxy advisors, etc. The committee was requested to submit its report within four months.
The decision of the MPC is consistent with a neutral stance of monetary policy in consonance with the objective of achieving the medium-term target for consumer price index (CPI) inflation of 4 per cent within a band of +/- 2 per cent, while supporting growth. The main considerations underlying the decision are set out in the statement below.
