RBI launches advanced supervisory monitoring system DAKSH

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday launched a new ‘SupTech’ initiative DAKSH (दक्ष) – the bank’s Advanced Supervisory Monitoring System, which is expected to make supervisory processes robust. ‘DAKSH’ means ‘efficient’ & ‘competent’ which is a web-based end-to-end workflow application through which RBI shall monitor compliance requirements in a more focused manner with the…

RBI announces internal ombudsman mechanism for Credit Information Companies

RBI today directed all Credit Information Companies (CICs) to appoint an internal ombudsman (IO) at the top of their internal grievance redress mechanism by April 1 of 2023. “These Directions are introduced with a view to strengthening the internal grievance redress mechanism within the Credit Information Company (CIC) by enabling a review of customer complaints…

Discussion Paper on Expected Loss Based Approach for Loan Loss Provisioning by Banks

In the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announced by RBI on Friday, RBI said that as a step towards converging with globally accepted prudential norms, it will issue a discussion paper on the proposed transition for stakeholder comments. Banks currently follow the incurred loss approach for provisioning on their loan assets, whereby provisions on…