In banking and finance parlance, liquidity refers to the ability to convert one asset into another or to use assets to meet obligations. Liquidity indicates the degree to which an asset or security can be quickly bought or sold in the market without affecting the asset’s price. Market liquidity refers to stock market where the…
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today (Feb 7)announced its sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for 2018-19 in Mumbai. The Monitory Policy Committee (MPC) of Reserve Bank of India On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation at its meeting decided to reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity…
The difference between fraud and cheating lies in their variety. Cheating is described under Section 415 of IPC. Section 415 states that “Whoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or intentionally induces…
Both sale and agreement to sell can be easily explained with the following example. Let us visualize that you have decided to buy a house property. After identifying a property which suits your requirements, you have to consider two important aspects before entering into the sale agreement with the vendor. The first job is to ascertain…
Economists worldwide have noticed a strong correlation between the inflationary trend and the growth of money in circulation in a point in time. Thus, a government that is in principle responsible for currency notes and coins issued by it, is answerable to its citizen and gets their value by dint of regulation or law. For…
The contract of sale of goods contains certain terms/stipulations for fulfillment of that contract. Such stipulations that are important for fulfillment of the contract are called “Conditions”. Whereas the stipulations contained in the contract which may not be very essential for fulfillment of the contract are called warranties. Therefore, we may describe that the condition…
December 5, 2018: The Monitory Policy Committee (MPC) of Reserve Bank of India in its fifth Bi-Monthly Statement for 2018-19, announced today(December 5,2018) keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.5 per cent. Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF remains at 6.25 per cent, and the marginal…
Basket of currencies or currency basket means a currency in the basket (group) can be freely convertible to another currency of the basket without the special approval from the Central Bank of that country. The resulting exchange rate can be fixed or variable according to the demand for that currency in the international market.Majority of…
October 5, 2018: The Monitory Policy Committee (MPC) of Reserve Bank of India in its Fourth Bi-Monthly Statement for 2018-19, announced today did not increase the policy repo rate as widely expected. There was a time when banks followed closely on the heels of what the central bank did, i.e., when it raised rates, lenders, too,…
The Aadhaar verdict was announced today (26.09.2018) by a five-judge constitution bench of Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan. The Apex Court, ruled that it is not mandatory to link bank accounts with Aadhaar or Unique Identity Number, a 12-digit personal…