[This post offers updated guidelines/instructions on SHG-Bank linkage programme at one place based on various circulars issued by Reserve Bank of India on the subject up to June 30, 2020] The Self Help Group-Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) was started in 1992 at the initiative of NABARD. The basic idea of the SBLP is to link…
Q: Which are the banks authorised to exchange notes coins? R: All the bank branches in entire India are mandated to provide facility for exchange of notes and coins to the members of public. Banks are also directed by the banking regulator (RBI) to issue fresh/good quality notes and coins of all denominations whenever customers…
The credit facilities extended to MSMEs under ‘Distressed Assets Fund – Subordinate Debt for Stressed MSMEs scheme’ as a special dispensation, are backed by a guarantee from the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE). RBI vide its circular dated July 1, 2020 permitted all the scheduled commercial banks to reckon the…
The Government of India on Wednesday July 1, 2020, has approved a scheme to improve the liquidity position of NBFCs/HFCs through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to avoid any potential systemic risks to the financial sector. The Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFCs), including Microfinance Institutions that are registered with the RBI, under the Reserve Bank of…
Keeping in view of ongoing hardships faced by banks in terms of social distancing of staff and consequent strains on reporting requirements, RBI has decided to extend the relaxation of the minimum daily maintenance of the Cash Reserve Ratio of 80 per cent for a further period of three months, i.e., up to September 25,…
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) which is also known as Guaranteed Emergency Credit Line (GECL) scheme is a 100% collateral free fund-based working capital term loan extended by the banks, NBFCs and Financial Institutions (FIs) to Business entities /MSMEs including borrowers of MUDRA loans constituted as Proprietorship, Partnership, a registered company, trusts, and Limited…
While issuing guidelines, on digital lending platforms on Wednesday (June 24, 2020) the Reserve Bank of India directed banks, NBFCs and digital lending platforms to disclose full information upfront on their websites to customers. The direction comes against the backdrop of several complaints relating to exorbitant interest rates and harsh recovery measures, among others, against…
Reserve Bank in its press release today (June 22, 2020) said that the bank has set up many digital awareness campaigns for the users of digital transactions. The initiation in this regard has been continuously and actively undertaken in the print and Audio-Visual media, including through Central Bank’s flagship programme RBI Kehta Hai, it said.…
(Many people have a confusion over why do officials ask for the left thumb impression(LTI) in the case of males and the right thumb (RTI) impression in the case of female while offering consent upon the matter written upon the paper. This article clarifies on law and practice on this topic.) The purpose behind getting…
The treasury management (or treasury operations) can be explained as the management of the best possible use of surplus funds, maintain liquidity, reduce the overall cost of funds, and mitigate operational and financial risk. Traditionally, banks used to have two separate departments for treasury operations of a bank namely the domestic treasury/investment operations of a…