Vide order no. F. 53/538/GAD/CN/2022/ ds gad-iii/2128-2173, the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi declared that the days specified in the following schedule be observed as holidays in all Government offices under Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi during the year 2023 (Saka Era 1944-45):— Sr.No Date Day Occasion/Festival Date 1…
The Government of Himachal Pradesh vide Gazetted notification No.GAD-A(F)10-9/2022 Dated 10th October 2022 declared the following days as public holidays for the year 2022 under section 25 of NI Act (Negotiable Instrument Act) 1881. Sr.No Date Day Occasion/Festival Date 1 26.01.2023 Thursday REPUBLIC DAY 2 18.02.2023 Saturday MAHA SHIVRATRI 3 08.03.2023 Wednesday HOLI 4 30.03.2023…
The Government of Puducherry vide order no. G.O. Ms. No. 52, Puducherry, dated 13th October 2022 declared Bank holidays under NI Act for the year 2023. Holidays in the Puducherry and Karaikal regions are the same. However, holidays in Mahe and Yanam Regions are slightly different from the former. Therefore, we have made 3 separate…
Rates as on 02.12.2022 INR / 1 USD 81.1771 INR / 1 GBP 99.3099 INR / 1 EUR 85.4643 INR / 100 JPY 60.0700 As of 02.12.2022 at 1.30 pm Source: FBIL/RBI) Approximate currency exchange rate of other major global currencies in India Foreign Currency Equivalent INR (Indian Rupees) 1 AUD (Australian Dollar) 54.60 1…
The twin Balance Sheet Problem (TBS) refers to problematic balance sheets of both Indian companies and banks. Such a problem situation arises when both the lenders and borrowers are under stress. It is known as the twin balance sheet problem as the challenges faced by the banks are linked to that of the corporate sector…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday issued final guidelines for urban cooperative banks (UCBs), accepting the NS Vishwanathan committee’s recommendation to implement a four-tiered regulatory framework, among others. The four-tiered regulatory framework is based on the size of deposits of the banks and their area of operations. The major recommendations which have been…
The GST Council has agreed to levy an 18 percent cess on cheques, irrespective of whether they are in loose or in book form with effect from July 18, 2022. There will be a 5 percent GST if rooms worth more than Rs 5,000 (non-ICU) are rented out in hospitals.Pre-packed and labeled food items like…
The Account Aggregator (AA) system is a financial data exchange where banks, fintech, or NBFCs can exchange customer data after taking consent from such users. The entities which facilitate the data exchange are known as account aggregators. Under the account aggregator system, a lender who requests the data is called financial information user (FIU), and…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday extended the deadline for card-on-file (CoF) tokenisation by another three months to September 30 as transaction processing based on such tokens is yet to gain traction across categories of merchants. “…it has been decided to extend the timeline for storing of CoF data by three months, i.e.,…
“There is no proposal on neo-banks or digital banks because we feel that the existing banks and NBFCs can adopt more and more technology for delivery of banking services.” said Shaktikanta Das while delivering a speech at the Financial Express Modern BFSI Summit in Mumbai on June 17, 2022.”The theme of my address “Disruptions &…