The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor on Thursday (June 8, 2023) decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50% and the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate has been pegged at 6.25 per cent. The central bank kept bank rates at 6.75 per cent. He added that the MPC unanimously…
Far away in memory, statutory auditors have been using “external confirmations” to obtain balance confirmations in respect of accounts receivables, accounts payables, bank balances, loans, investments, or inventories held by third parties, etc. from various parties, including banks. In other words, external confirmations mean audit evidence obtained as a direct written response to the auditor…
The Committee for Review of Customer Service Standards in RBI Regulated Entities set up by RBI last year found that nearly one crore customers complain to their banks and other REs every year, and the number has not changed much in the last three years. The six members committee headed by RBI Deputy Governor B.P.Kanungo…
(This post explains important ratios are to be examined while appraising a term loan project. The articlealso deals with how to compute break even point, how to calculate DSCR (Debt service Coverage ratio) for the period of repayment of the loan, how to arrive fixed asset coverage ratio and important financial indicators. The assessment of…
In line with the existing Liberised Remittance Scheme (LRS) in India, any resident individual including a minor is free to remit up to US Dollars 2,50,000 or its equivalent in one financial year for overseas education, traveling abroad for business and private visits, to patients for medical treatment, or to a person for accompanying as…
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…
Updated on 24.05.2023 Compare the Interest Rates Offered on deposits by all the public sector banks and large private sector banks in India at a quick glance.) The names of public sector banks and private sector banks are separately listed below in alphabetic order. The table on the right side of the bank’s name shows…
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…