A Bank is a financial institution that, generally, accepts deposits and makes loans. Deposits are money people leave in a banking institution with the understanding that they can get it back at any time or at an agreed-upon future time. A loan is a money let out to a borrower to be generally paid back…
This post has covered all the sections of the RBI Act 1934 Chapter I to V. However, given this post comprises a large volume of sections, we have separately posted one more article containing important sections of the act. To read them click “IMPORTANT SECTIONS AND SCHEDULES OF RBI ACT 1934 AND BACKGROUND OF ENACTMENT”…
The Indian Credit Rating agencies are governed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999 (“the Regulations”). SEBI however recognizing the need for more stringent oversight introduced the SEBI (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 2018, which replaced the earlier regulations. These updated regulations aimed to reinforce the credibility and accountability of…
The Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 is an Act to provide for regulation of credit information companies and to facilitate the efficient distribution of credit and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The Reserve Bank of India and the Government of India have enacted the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006 (“Regulations”) and the…
The Hire Purchase Act, of 1972 defines a hire purchase agreement as an agreement under which goods are let on hire and under which the hirer has an option to purchase them by the terms of the agreement and includes an agreement under which: (i) Possession of goods is delivered by the owner thereof to…
The Reserve Bank of India lenders on Monday to give defaulting borrowers enough time to respond before they are classified as “fraud accounts. The amendment to current rules incorporates a Supreme Court judgment in March last year that a bank cannot unilaterally declare an account as fraud without providing the defaulter the right to be…
There is no separate law for dealing with leases of equipment. The laws governing leases are the law of contracts, or the Ii.e., the Indian Contract Act, of 1872, and the Transfer of Property Act, of 1881. The Contract Act deals with lease agreements and the Transfer of Property Act deals mainly with the lease…
Updated on 24.06.2024 The Banking Regulation Act, of 1949 is legislation in India that regulates all banking firms in India. Initially, the law applied only to banking companies. But, in 1965 it was amended to make it applicable to cooperative banks. The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 amends the BR Act to expand RBI’s regulatory…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, June 7, 2024, in its Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announced, that banks have the discretion to offer differential rates of interest on bulk deposits as per their requirements and Asset-Liability Management (ALM) projections. The bulk deposit limit was enhanced in the year 2019 for Scheduled…
RBI today announced Automatic replenishment under the UPI Lite facility. Automatic replenishment ensures that users do not need to manually top up their UPI Lite wallets, making it easier to manage their offline transactions. This feature will be particularly beneficial for users in remote or rural areas where, internet connectivity is limited, as they can…