RBI on June 04, 2021 permitted lending institutions to offer a limited window to individual borrowers and small businesses to implement resolution plans in respect of their credit exposures while classifying the same as Standard upon implementation of the resolution plan subject to certain conditions under the framework. RBI in its circular DOR.STR.REC.11/21.04.048/2021-22 on “Resolution…
Updated and re-posted on 11.06.2021 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are the alternative banking channels available to bank customers primarily for withdrawal of cash. The money can be withdrawn from ATM at any point of time round the clock convenient to the bank customers. The Automatic Teller Machines are generally identified as White Label, Brown Label,…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today (10.06.2021) allowed an increase in the interchange fee structure for ATM transactions considering the increasing cost of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) deployment and expenses towards ATM maintenance incurred by the banks and white label ATM operators. The last change in interchange fee structure for ATM transactions was in…
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 7th June, 2021 has issued the Companies (Incorporation) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2021. The amendment provides that the application for incorporation of a company shall be accompanied by e-form AGILE – PRO-S (INC-35). AGILE – PRO-S stands acronym for Application for Goods and services tax Identification number, employees state Insurance…
Reserve Bank today advised all the banks to preserve the CCTV recordings of operations at bank branches and currency chests till further order. On December 13, 2016, RBI had issued a notification, wherein the banks were advised to preserve the CCTV recordings of operations at bank branches and currency chests for the period from November…
The Government has enlarged the scope of ECLGS in order to support Covid-hit MSMEs further and business across various sectors of the economy. The Finance Ministry on Sunday announced a three-month extension of its Rs 3 lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) to September 30, 2021, from June 30, 2021, or till guarantees…
“In the interest of customer convenience, and to take advantage of the availability of RTGS on all days of the year, it is proposed to make available NACH on all days of the week throughout the year, effective August 1, 2021,” RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said while announcing the bi-monthly monetary policy review on June…
RBI has decided to extend a special liquidity facility of Rs16,000 crore to SIDBI for on-lending/ refinancing through novel models and structures, including double intermediation, pooled bond / loan issuances, etc. The facility will be available at the prevailing policy repo rate for a period of up to one year. The special liquidity facility is…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to open an “On-tap Liquidity Window for Contact-intensive Sectors” aggregating Rs15000 crores till March 31, 2022. These sectors include hotels and restaurants, tourism, rent-a-car service providers. In the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announced by RBI on 04.06.2021, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that “In order…
In today’s (4.06.2021) second bimonthly MPC meeting, the Reserve Bank of India decided to maintain the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) on hold at 4.0 per cent. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India has decided to maintain status quo on key policy rates. Based on its assessment,…