List of eligible credit rating agencies in India for the risk weighting banks’ claims for capital adequacy purposes
The Securities and Exchange Board of India canceled the Certificate of Registration (CoR) granted to Brickwork Ratings India Private Limited as a Credit Rating Agency (CRA), on October 6, 2022. In view of that RBI on October 9, 2022, advised Regulated Entities/ Market Participants that in respect of ratings/credit evaluations required in terms of any…
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Account holders need not visit bank to update KYC, says RBI
Bank account holders are no longer required to visit their bank branches to update ‘know your customer’ (KYC) details provided they have already submitted valid documents and have not changed their address. The process for the periodic updation of KYC (re-KYC) under the prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) and rules framed thereunder was…
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The complaints under Ombudsman Schemes rise to 4.18 lakh in 2021-22: RBI
The Reserve Bank of India today (04.01.2023), released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman Schemes for the period April 01, 2021 – March 31, 2022. Some highlights from the Annual Report are as follows: *Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB-IOS) was launched on November 12, 2021. Under the RB-IOS, 2021, a CRPC was…
Read article SBI, HDFC and ICICI bank continue to be named as banks that are ‘Too big to fail’
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday released the 2022 list of Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs). State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank continue to be domestic systematically important banks (D-SIBs), under the same bucketing structure as in the 2021 list of D-SIBs. Systemically Important Banks (SIBs) are perceived as banks…
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Why these small tax payers get IT notices?
Updated on January 1, 2023 Taxpayers generally receive I-T notices under Section 139(9), 143(1), 143(2), 143(3), 245, 144, 147, 148, 156 (notice of demand) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, due to non-filing of ITR, claiming of inauthentic tax refund, hiding of taxable income, computing excessive tax losses, long term capital gains (LTCG), scrutiny, among…
Govt hikes interest rate on SCSS, NSC and 5 other small saving instruments for Jan-March 2023
The government on Friday (December 30, 2022) has effected hike in interest rates of 8 small saving instruments for the January-March 2023 quarter. The interest rates of schemes like the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, Monthly Income Savings Scheme, National Savings Certificate, Kisan Vikas Patra, and all post office time deposits have been hiked. However, rates…
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