The Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI) is an insurance cover provided by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). The government of India has introduced the Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI) in 1976 to help the employees particularly keeping in mind the private-sector employees who may not enjoy any social security benefits as normally…
Above and beyond, normal channels of remittance to India from cross-borders(abroad), there are two more channels for receiving inward remittances, viz. Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA) and Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS) which are the most common arrangements under which the remittances are received into our country. Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA) is a way of transferring…
Above and beyond, normal channels of remittance to India from cross-borders (overseas jurisdiction), there are two more channels for receiving inward remittances, viz. Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA) and Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS) are the most common arrangements under which the remittances are received into India. Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS) is the most common…
All the banks are advised to calculate the interest payable on interest bearing deposits transferred to RBI at the rate of 3 percent per year with effect from May 11, 2021 till the time of payment to the depositor/claimant. The interest rate was 4 per cent p.a. up to June 30, 2018, and 3.5 per…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday announced that banks are allowed to utilise100 per cent of floating provisions/counter-cyclical provisioning buffer for making specific provisions for non-performing assets. RBI in its circular dated May 5, 2021 stated that “In order to mitigate the adverse impact of COVID 19 related stress on…
RBI on Wednesday announced provision of immediate liquidity for ramping up COVID related healthcare infrastructure and services in the country, an on-tap liquidity window of ₹50,000 crore with tenors of up to three years at the repo rate is being opened till March 31, 2022. Wide range of entities including vaccine manufactures; importers/suppliers of vaccines…
RBI on Wednesday (5th May) announced Resolution Framework 2.0 targeting individual, small businesses and MSME borrowers. In terms of RBI’s Febraury 5th circular, Scheduled Commercial Banks were allowed to deduct the amount equivalent to credit disbursed to new MSME borrowers from their Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) for calculation of the Cash Reserve Ratio…
(No punitive restrictions on Account Operations for non compliance of periodic upation of KYC till Dec 31) Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday advised Banks and other Regulated Entities (REs) that in respect of the customer accounts where periodic updation of KYC is due and pending as on date, no punitive restrictions on operations of…
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das today made an unscheduled speech as the second wave of coronavirus continues to devastate the country. “As the financial year 2020-21 – the year of the pandemic – was drawing to a close, the Indian economy was advantageously poised, relative to peers. India was at the foothills…
The confirmed DA for bank employees and officers from 1st May 2021 will decrease by 0.56 compared to the 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…
