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 the 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 concerning Security and Margin for collateral-free…
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,…
Both reserves and provisions refer to the amount retained by an organization to deal with all possible contingencies in the future. In accounting parlance, reserves are appropriations out of profits and provisions are charges against profits. Although the IFRS Standards sometimes call provisions a ‘reserve’, they are not the same thing – a provision is…
The Developmental and Regulatory Policies announced today by RBI sets out various developmental measures including liquidity and regulatory measures. The highlights of the statements are as under. Liquidity Measures: Extension of Deadline for On Tap TLTRO Scheme: RBI has announced the extension of the On Tap TLTRO scheme further by a period of three months,…
The MPC of RBI today (August 6, 2021) voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 percent. The MPC also decided on a 5 to 1 majority to continue with the accommodative stance as long as necessary to revive and sustain growth on a durable basis and continue to mitigate the impact…
New rules regarding Changes in opening and operating current Account and CC/OD facilities do not apply to borrowers who have availed agricultural/ personal Overdraft (OD) or OD against deposits” RBI said. The Reserve Bank on Wednesday allowed time to banks till October 31 to implement changes on the current account front, following reports of small…
On Wednesday (August 4, 2021) Reserve Bank cautioned the members of the public to remain alert and not to fall prey to elements using the name of Reserve Bank of India to extract money through such fictitious/ fraudulent offers. “It has come to the notice of Reserve Bank of India that certain elements are fraudulently…