The confirmed DA for bank employees and officers from 1st May 2021 will decrease by 0.56 compared to last quarter. Based on the CPI announced by the Labour Bureau today, the average index number would be 7818. It means Dearness Allowance for the bank staff will be 366 slabs (25.62 %) or a decrease 8…
In our previous posts we talked about (1) Tax audit, (2) What is the stock audit, and (3) What is a forensic audit? (4) What is a Legal Audit? (5) What is a statutory audit? In this post let us study what is a concurrent audit? All scheduled bank branches with deposits over Rs. 50…
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday issued certain instructions on the governance for banks, including private banks, Small Finance Banks (SFBs), Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Foreign Banks (not applicable to foreign banks operating as branches in India). In respect of the State Bank of India and Nationalised Banks, these guidelines would apply to the…
In our previous posts we talked about (1) Tax audit, (2) What is the stock audit, and (3) What is a forensic audit? (4) What is a Legal Audit? (5) Concurrent Audit System in bank. In this post let us study what is a statutory audit? RBI issues new guidelines for Appointment of Statutory Central…
The Reserve Bank of India in consultation with the ICAI appoints qualified Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the banks. The auditor appointed as statutory auditor of a bank branch shall conduct the audit at the end of the financial year i.e.as of 31st March of the relevant year. Nowadays, the bank branches are working…
In view of prevailing law and order situation and other subversive activities carried out by antisocial/extremist organizations in the country mainly targeting the banks, the Reserve Bank of India and Indian Bank Association had prepared check lists of guidelines for stringent security arrangements for implementation in banks. The “Report of the Working Group to review…
Reserve Bank of India while allowing banks to pay dividends on equity shares, reviewed the dividend declaration norms for the year ended March 31, 2021. “In view of the continuing uncertainty caused by the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 in the country, it is crucial that banks remain resilient and proactively raise and conserve capital…
In our previous posts we talked about (1) Tax audit, (2) What is the stock audit, and (3) What is a forensic audit? (4) What is a Legal Audit? (5) Concurrent Audit System in bank. (6) What is a statutory audit? In this post let us study how the loan accounts are verifying the loan…
Examining the cash balance at the bank branch is routine job for the senior officer of the branch assigned with the job. Physical verification may be carried out by the branch head on a surprise basis. The statutory auditors appointed by the bank have to verify the cash balance at the branch at the end…
The Ministry of communication, Government of India has made certain amendments to make the process of claiming money from the small savings schemes such as Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings Certificate (NSC), Post Office Monthly Income Scheme (PO-MIS), etc. The process of claiming money has been streamlined by the department via a circular dated…