(The list of holidays and festivals in Indian for all states/UTs of India during 2017) Indian bank holidays are declared under explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881. These holidays are declared separately by each administration of various Union Territories and State Governments. Bank holidays declared by a state/UT is observed only…
The public holidays for the Central Government offices are divided into two parts. The administrative offices of Central Government situated outside Delhi and New Delhi observes 14 public holidays enumerated in Chart ‘A’. Besides 14 days compulsory public holidays listed in chart A, Delhi and New Delhi offices observe additional 3 compulsory public holidays enumerated…
In terms of the latest amendment to master circular of RBI, the Banks which extend the Prepaid Payment Instruments facility the other entities / ‘employers’ such as unlisted corporates /partnership firms / sole proprietorship / public organizations like municipal corporations, urban local bodies, etc. The above-mentioned employers utilize prepaid payment instruments for onward issuance to…
In a rejoinder to widely spread Social media rumours about RBI’s declaration of ₹ 10 coins as invalid, the central bank vide its press release no.RBI/2016-2017/1257 dated Nov 20, 2016, advised members of the public not to give credence to such ill-informed notions as well as ignore them and continue to accept these coins as…
Today (21/12/2016), Reserve Bank modified its circular DCM (Plg) No. 1859/10.27.00/2016-17 dated December 19, 2016. In terms of the modification to said circular the provisions of sub para (i) and (ii) will not apply to fully KYC compliant accounts. Hence the bank officials and the general public are greatly relieved from the exclusion of following…
RBI has today (19/12/2016)placed certain restrictions on deposits of SBNs into bank accounts. Under the new rule, the tenders of SBNs in excess of ₹ 5000 into a bank account will be received for credit only once during the remaining period till December 30, 2016. The credit in such cases shall be afforded only after…
(The scheme for converting black money into white) The black money (undisclosed money) holders in India need not hoard them anymore. The Government of India has now brought a new scheme called ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016’. Under the Scheme, any person who declares his/her undisclosed income under sub-section (1) of section…
The customers, both deposit and borrowal accounts can open the bank account using OTP based e-KYC. The Reserve Bank made the amendments to ‘Principal Directions on KYC ‘(Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016 (Master Direction No.DBR.AML.No.81/ 14.01.001/2015-16 dated February 25, 2016) with effect from December 8, 2016. In terms of the e-KYC amendments now made…
As a matter of precaution, banks are advised by RBI today (November 30, 2016) to observe the following measures in respect of PMJDY accounts. (i) The account holders who have fully complied KYC norms may be allowed to withdraw Rs.10000/-from their accounts in a month. However, based on the genuineness of withdrawals the branch manager may…
In view of massive quantity of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) accumulated in currency chests, RBI has revisited to its old instruction (circular. DCM (CC) No. 2598/03.02.05/2009-10 dated October 27, 2009) and advised banks that SBNs deposited in the currency chests, since November 10, 2016 will be considered as part of the chest balance in the…