A Current account in a bank is a running account (also known as demand deposit) maintained in banks mostly for the purpose of business. The following types of entities are eligible to open current accounts in banks. Individual/Proprietorship Account Hindu Undivided Family (H.U.F) Account Partnership concerns/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Limited and Private Companies Trust Account…
Government departments or semi Government departments need a bank account to carry out the financial transactions of the departments. Government business like Salary payments, Pension payments,Fee collection, tax collection,PPF, Sukanya samriddhi, Senior citizen savings scheme,etc.are routed through banks.Most of the public sector banks eying for government business as they they get huge amount of deposits…
In terms of Regulation 2 of FEMA Notification No.13 dated May 3, 2000, Non-Resident Indian (NRI) means a person resident outside India who is a citizen of India. Person of Indian Origin (PIO) means a citizen of any country other than Bangladesh or Pakistan who had (a) at any time held Indian passport or (b)…
In terms of Consumer Price Index Numbers announced by Labour Bureau of India, the average index numbers for January 2019 to March 2019 works out to 7022.76. It means bank staff will get 34 slabs increase in DA for the ensuing quarter May 2019 to July 2019. In the other words Bank Staff will get…
(Compare the Interest Rates Offered on deposits by all the public sector banks and major private sector bank in India at a quick glance.) The names of public sector banks and private sector banks are separately listed below in an alphabetic order. The table at the right side of the banks’ name shows the interest…
CASA stands for Current Account and Savings Account in banking parlance. Besides in India, the term CASA is popularly is used in West Asia and South-east Asia countries. The difference between the average yield of interest obtained from loans and the average rate of interest paid for deposits and other such funds (or the cost…
What is capital gains account scheme? Whenever a house property is sold, the owner of the property is liable to pay income tax on capital gain (profit earned) from the transaction. The long-term capital gain on house property arises when the duration between the purchase and sale of a property is more than 24 months…
Registration of a partnership firm is not compulsory under law. It is left to the partners of the firm to register their firm or not. However,the advantages of registration of a partnership firm are that the registered firm offers an irrefutable legal proof of the existence partnership and the composition of partners, their address,…
RBI in its circular RBI/2017-18/89 /DBR.No.Leg.BC.96/09.07.005/2017-18 dated November 9, 2017 observed that there are occasions when banks discourage or turn away senior citizens and differently abled persons from availing banking facilities in branches. In this regard, Developmental and Regulatory Policies, released by Reserve Bank of India on October 4, 2017 state that notwithstanding the need…
The provisions of nomination are found in various financial products like Life Insurance, Provident Fund, Gratuity, Co-operative societies and banking regulation acts (section 45ZC to 45 ZF) and Banking companies (Nomination) rules 1985 and the relevant provisions of Indian Succession Act. Nomination facility is available only to individual depositors and not to any person in…