RBI in its circular dated October 13, 2022, notified that the amounts received by a bank from the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Ltd (NCGTC) towards claims in respect of guarantees invoked and held by them pending adjustment of the same towards the relative advances, need not be treated as outside liabilities for the purpose…
Cash reserve ratio (CRR) is a statutory provision in India regulated by RBI under Section 42(1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934. According to the above section, every scheduled bank in India needs to hold on a certain percentage of cash without being allowed to invest or lend it for interest. The Cash…
The average of the minimum balances maintained (in each account) in each of the months during the half-year period is treated by the bank as the amount representing the “time liability” portion of the savings bank deposits. When the ‘time liability’ amount so arrived is deducted from the average of the actual balances maintained during…
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday raised the minimum capital requirement for asset reconstruction companies (ARC) and widened the scope of their activities by allowing them to act as resolution applicants under the bankruptcy law. Previously, the Central Bank opposed the proposal allowing ARCs to bid for debt resolution under bankruptcy courts. ARCs are…
Updated on November 17, 2023 RBI on Thursday (November 17, 2023) increased risk weights on consumer credit exposure of banks, and NBFCs to 125% from 100%. Measures announced to contain the risk emanating from a sharp rise in unsecured loans – mostly personal loans and credit cards. It has been also decided to increase the…
The Reserve Bank of India has today released a Concept Note on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for India. “The Reserve Bank will soon commence limited pilot launches of e₹ for specific use cases. It is expected that this note would facilitate a deeper appreciation and understanding of the digital Rupee and help members of…
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 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…
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…
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor on Friday announced the hike in the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.90%, the fourth straight increase in the current cycle, to tame the sustained above-target retail inflation rate. The standing deposit facility (SDF) rate and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate were…