The Reserve Bank on Wednesday came out with revised guidelines for the hiring of lockers under which the liability of banks will be limited to 100 times its annual rent in case of fire, theft, building collapse, or frauds by bank employees. The banks will have to put in place a Board-approved policy outlining their…
Reserve Bank of India has framed guidelines for extending working capital finance to the Information Technology and Software Industry, based on the recommendations of the National Taskforce on Information Technology and Software development. However, said guidelines prepared by the central bank are not mandatory for lenders. They are free to modify RBI framed guidelines, built…
A resident individual is permitted to make a rupee loan to an NRI/PIO who is a close relative of the resident individual (‘relative’ as defined in Section 2(77) of the Companies Act, 2013 by way of crossed cheque/ electronic transfer subject to the following conditions: The loan amount shall be within LSR limit of USD…
With a view to enabling the old/sick/incapacitated account holders, the postal department has allowed senior citizens, differently disabled persons, and persons with physical infirmity to authorize a person to operate their post office accounts such as the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS), Post Office time deposits, savings account, etc. Up till now, the above facility…
The cash reserve ratio is a statutory provision regulated by RBI under Section 42(1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934. Every scheduled bank (that includes public and private sector banks, foreign banks, regional rural banks, and co-operative banks) in India requires to maintaining an average balance with the Reserve Bank of India or…
Reserve Bank of India has introduced a ‘scheme of penalty for non-replenishment of ATMs’, effective October 1, 2021, wherein banks and white label ATM operators will be penalised, in the event of cash-outs beyond the permissible time limit. According to the scheme, a penalty of Rs 10,000 per ATM will be levied in the event…
RBI announces issuance of Sovereign Gold Bond 2021-22 Series-V from August 9, 2021, to August 13, 2021. The nominal value of the bond based on the simple average closing price [published by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd (IBJA)] for gold of 999 purity of the last three business days of the week preceding…
RBI today announced to double collateral-free loans to Rs 20 lakh for Self Help women groups from existing limit of Rs.10 lakh under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). In its notification dated August 9, the regulator advised the banks to follow the below instructions in respect of Security and Margin for…
Updated on 08.08.2022 originally posted on 12.11.2021 RBI vide notification dated August 5, 2022, made a partial modification to the notification to CEPD.PRD.No.S873/13.01.001/2021-22 dated November 12, 2021. According to the above modification modification ‘Credit Information Company’ as defined in the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005, shall also be treated as a ‘Regulated Entity’ for…
The corporate borrowers, whose loans were restructured under the first recast resolution plans under the RBI’s circular of 6 August 2020, can take another six months to achieve financial parameters laid down by the Reserve Bank of India. RBI on Friday notified to defer the target date for companies by six months to October 1,…