The Small Finance Bank setup in India is similar to a normal banking activities of other commercial banks viz. accepting deposits from the customers for the purpose of lending to unserved and underserved segments across the country. These banks can also sell mutual funds, pensions, insurance and foreign exchange to their customers The permission to…
Income Tax Slabs, rates, key tax exemption details for Assessment Year 2015-16 (Financial year 2014-15) For Senior CitizenResident Individuals earning Income less than Rs. 5 Lakh in a Year are eligible for income Tax Credit u/s 87A – i.e.10% of taxable income up to a maximum of Rs. 2000/-.] Education Cess : 3% of the…
Due to failure of wage revision negotiation between United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) and IBA under X Bipartite settlement. IBA improved its earlier offer of salary increase 12.50 % to 13% in the taday’s meeting (03.02.2015 which the unions called unsatisfactory offer. Under the Bipartite settlement wage revision of bank employees and officers once…
RBI slashes SLR by 50 bps to 21.50 per cent with effect from February 7, 2015. All other rates remain unchanged. Export Credit refinance (ECR) is replaced with provision of system level liquidity with effect from February 7, 2015. CRR……………………………4% SLR…………………………….21.50% Repo Rate…………………7.75% Reverse Repo Rate……6.75% Marginal Standing Facility Rate….8.75% Bank Rate…………………………………..8.75% Call Rates……………………………………6.40 to8.40%…
Pissiculture is one of the allied activities classified under priority sector lending. Both term loan and cash credit facilities can be considered under the scheme. The facility is extended by the banks for cost of digging of pond or renovation of existing pond, stocking of spawn/fingerlings of fish, seeds, nets, application of lime cakes, fertilizers,…
There were days where bank customers used to wait for a long spell at the banking hall, for their turn to deposit their money at cash counters. Now technology has changed. If plans of commercial banks of installing large number of off-site CDMs/BNAMs at various places, the customers don’t need to walk to reach their…
The Reserve Bank of India’s Reference Rate for the US Dollar is Rs.69.9413 on February, 2015 The corresponding rate for the previous day (January 30.2015) was Rs.70.0268 Based on the reference rate for the US Dollar and the middle rates of the cross-currency quotes, the exchange rate of EUR, GBP and JPY on January 29,2015…
Banks (including RRBs) are advised to dispense with obtaining ‘No Due Certificate’ from individual borrowers (including SHGs & JLGs) in order to ensure hassle free credit to all borrowers. Earlier similar rule was applicable only for loans up to Rs.50000.00 to small and marginal farmers, share croppers and the like in agriculture advances. The new…
The government of India vide Gazette notification no.26011/01/2014-IC-I dated 9.1.2015 notified that all the existing ‘Person of Indian Origin’ (PIO) card holders shall be deemed to be Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders under Indian Citizenship Act of 1955. Now let us find out what it means to foreigners of Indian origin. Meaning of…
The Reserve Bank of India relaxed rules for rescheduling/restructuring of ECBs by permitting an increase in the total cost of borrowing offshore. In suppression of earlier provisions, the banking regulator has delegated powers to the designated AD category-I banks to allow changes/modification in the draw-down and repayment schedules notwithstanding the average maturity period or changes…