Dearness Allowance(DA) chart for Bank Special Pay for May-July 2023
Consumer Price Index for January, and February, March 2023 are respectively- 132.80, 132.70, and 133.30. For Bank employees and officers, it works out to 596 slabs of DA for the quarter of May to July 2023. Hence there will be an increase of 8 slabs in DA for the above period at 41.72% (an increase…
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CGTMSE scheme revamped with reduced premium and raising guarantee limit
Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane on Thursday launched the revamped Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme. The modifications included a reduction in guarantee fees for loans up to ₹1 crore by 50% to the level of 0.37% per annum only. Another major change announced was raising of ceiling for the…
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Resident Individuals may also open a Foreign Currency Account (FCA) in IFSCs under the LRS scheme
RBI on Wednesday (April 26) decided to amend the directions under para 2 (ii) of the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular dated February 16, 2021. As per the revised amendment, Resident Individuals may also open a Foreign Currency Account (FCA) in IFSCs, for making the above permissible investments under Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). Hence, the extant…
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The GCC Scheme shall henceforth be called “General Credit Card (GCC) Facility”
RBI today announced through a circular that the GCC Scheme shall henceforth be called “General Credit Card (GCC) Facility. The General Credit Cards (GCC cards) can be issued by banks to Individuals who have been sanctioned working capital facilities for non-farm entrepreneurial activities that are eligible for classification under the priority sector guidelines. The GCC…
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Money transfer guide for NRIs who sold their property in India
The Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO), or Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) may want to sell their property if they do not have a plan to visit India or maintain the property in India. Any property residential or commercial can be sold to a resident Indian whether purchased, inherited, or gifted. However,…
Why the NRIs need NRO accounts?
The account held by the resident Indian will be re-designated as an NRO account, once he/she becomes a Non-Resident Indian (NRI). A new NRO account can be opened in the bank from abroad if they need one. NRO account is maintained in Indian Currency. The NRO account holder can use these funds available in his…
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