RBI today announced the next due date of premature redemption of the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (SGB 2017-18, Series IX – Issue date November 27, 2017) tranche shall be May 26, 2023 (May 27, 2023, being a non-working Saturday). As per Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, premature redemption of a Gold Bond may be permitted after…
Pursuant to Friday’s announcement of withdrawing Rs 2,000 notes, RBI reiterated that Rs.2000 notes continue to be legal tender unlike demonetization exercise. In view of the allegations of customers were dying while waiting in queues to exchange bank notes during the 2016 note ban, the Reserve Bank on Monday advised banks to provide shade from…
The Reserve Bank of India has decided to withdraw Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation and asked all to exchange them by September 30, 2023. The Rs 2,000 notes, however, will continue to be legal tender. “In pursuance of the “Clean Note Policy” of the Reserve Bank of India, it has been decided to withdraw…
The Ministry of Finance on May 16 notified that the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules 2000 amended to include international credit card payments under LRS. Under LRS a resident can remit money abroad up to a maximum of USD 2.50 lakh per annum without the authorization of RBI. According to the notification, the…
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) on Tuesday made significant changes to the norms governing ‘surety bonds, a type of insurance policy that protects parties involved in a transaction or contract from potential financial losses. As per a circular issued by the IRDAI, the solvency requirement applicable for such products has now…
In accounting parlance, a going concern is a business that is assumed to be able to meet its financial obligations when they become due. In the case of going concern, statutory auditors do not foresee the threat of liquidation for the foreseeable future, which is usually regarded as at least the next 12 months or…
Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs) were defined as those enterprises which are unable to get registered on the Udyam Registration Portal (URP) due to a lack of mandatory required documents such as Permanent Account Number (PAN) or Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN). As per the existing guidelines, all lenders were required to obtain a…
The Reserve Bank of India today announced a ‘100 Days 100 Pays’ campaign for banks to trace and settle the top 100 unclaimed deposits of every bank in every district of the country within 100 days. ‘ This measure will complement the ongoing efforts and initiatives by the Reserve Bank to reduce the quantum of…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today issued an advisory to banks and other RBI-regulated entities, underlining the need to take steps to ensure a complete transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) from July 01, 2023. The key messages in the advisory include: Banks should ensure no new transactions are linked to…
Edited and updated on 12.05.2023 ”LIBOR”, once labeled as the world’s most important benchmark was discredited because of the 2008 financial crisis when authorities in the United States and Britain found traders had manipulated it to make a profit that sparked an investigation by Britain’s Financial Services Authority (FSA). The LIBOR rigging scandal of 2008…