As expected by most of the experts and analysts, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today announced the monetary policy in which it has kept the repo rate unchanged at 4% and also decides to retain its ‘accommodative’ policy stance. RBI had kept the key policy rates unchanged for the fifth consecutive meeting. On…
Edited and republished on 05.04.2021 On Monday (05.04.2021), the Reserve Bank of India updated several amendments made to the Gold Monetization scheme 2015 to date and advised all designated banks to give adequate publicity to the Scheme through their branches, websites, and other channels. As per present guidelines, nominated banks authorized to import gold by…
The Reserve Bank of India today extended the timeline by six months to comply with its guidelines related to recurring online transactions with Additional Factor of Authentication (AFA). The framework mandated the use of AFA during registration and first transaction (with relaxation for subsequent transactions up to a limit of ₹2,000, since enhanced to ₹5,000),…
Today, the Governor of RBI Shri Shaktikanta Das, in his address at the India Economic Conclave 2021 organized by the Times Network in New Delhi. “Today, the Governor of RBI Shri Shaktikanta Das, in an address at the India Economic Conclave 2021 organized by the Times Network in New Delhi and chosen to speak about…
Reserve Bank of India today directed all the agency banks that the Government transactions done by them for the financial year 2020-21 must be accounted for within the same period. Special clearing for that purpose will be conducted for collection of government cheques on March 31, 2021 the notification said. The details of special clearing…
The RBI on Friday (Feb 26) extended the deadline to apply for an umbrella entity, which the central bank wants to set up to focus on retail payments system in the country, by over a month to March 31 in view of the pandemic. In August last year, RBI invited applications from desirous entities by…
Today, the Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for the year 2020-21 was released by the RBI. The central bank has sought to retain its current inflation target of 4%, with a two-percentage-point latitude on either side, seeking to build confidence in the broader economy that is still prone to both supply shocks and sudden…
The Reserve Bank on Feb 18, 2021(Thursday) came out with Master Direction (Digital Payment Security Controls) Directions 2021, for banks and card-issuing entities laying down common minimum standards to ensure security of digital payments. The provisions of these directions would apply to the Regulated Entities (REs) Viz. Scheduled Commercial Banks, Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks;…
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity means an activity undertaken by a company in pursuance of its statutory obligation laid down in Sec 135 of the Act. Every company having a net worth of rupees five hundred crores or more, or turnover of rupees one thousand crore or more or a net profit of rupees five…
RBI in its annual report said that the Consumer complaints about banking services jumped 64.97 per cent for the period July1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. The volume of complaints from 2,00,362 in 2018-19 to 3,30,543 complaints in 2019-20.The Annual Report covers the activities under the Banking Ombudsman Scheme (BOS), the Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking…