The biggest challenge of WASH financing

Financing for water, sanitation, and health (WASH) infrastructure is known as WASH financing. USAID (United States Agency for International Development) in India aims to create healthier urban communities and improve livelihoods by increasing access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. USAID works directly with the Government of India on its three national flagship…

UPI transactions can be done by NRE/NRO account holders using their international mobile number

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Tuesday (January 10, 2023) instructed members of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) ecosystem to allow non-resident account types such as non-resident external (NRE)/ non-resident ordinary (NRO) accounts having international mobile numbers to get on-boarded and transact through UPI. Till now, the service was only available for accounts…

New list of eligible credit rating agencies for the risk weighting banks’ claims for capital adequacy purposes

The Securities and Exchange Board of India canceled the Certificate of Registration (CoR) granted to Brickwork Ratings India Private Limited as a Credit Rating Agency (CRA), on October 6, 2022. In view of that RBI on October 9, 2022, advised Regulated Entities/ Market Participants that in respect of ratings/credit evaluations required in terms of any…