Certain changes made in the facilities associated with the BSBDA accounts
With effect from September 1, 2019, Banks are required to frame Board approved policy / operational guidelines in respect of certain changes in Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) Accounts in the interest of better customer service. RBI on August 2, 2019, asked Banks to offer the following basic minimum facilities in the BSBD Account, free…
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What is the meaning of Public debts?
A government requires money for its spending which includes normal government expenditures, capital expenditures on public works, relief expenditures, and subsidies of various types, transfer payments and social security benefits etc. Imposing tax on public for the above spending is major source of its revenue. Beside Taxation, government collects money through fiscal surplus of previous…
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RAROC approach for risk evaluation
Banks, across the world, use different techniques to evaluate the probable risks through sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, break-even analysis etc. The most commonly used approach is the Risk Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC). The banking as well as Non-banking financial institution and also large numbers of businesses are utilizing RAROC metric to calculate Return on…
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What is a contractionary Monetary Policy?
The contractionary monetary policy is the opposite of the expansionary monetary policy. It is used to fight inflation which involves decreasing the money supply to increase the cost of borrowing which in turn decreases GDP and dampens inflation. Once the Central Bank of the country (In India RBI) puts too much liquidity into the banking…
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How to measure Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
The most well-known and frequently tracked metric used for measuring the economic growth of a country is the gross domestic product (GDP). The Gross Domestic Product measures the value of goods and services produced by a nation both for domestic sale and exports. However, GDP does not include imports for measurement, as imports are not…
Banks are prohibited from levying foreclosure charges/ pre-payment penalties
Reserve Bank of India on Friday (August 02, 2019) reminded all the commercial banks that they are not permitted to charge foreclosure charges / pre-payment penalties on home loans / all floating rate term loans sanctioned to individual borrowers. The above norm of prohibiting banks charging foreclosure charges/pre-payment penalties on floating rate loan is already…
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