Is registration of a trust statutorily necessary?
Registration of Trust is mandatory in certain cases and not mandatory in some other cases. Let us examine here where the registration of trust is a mandatory requirement. Cases where Registration of Trust is compulsory: The instrument if any, by which the Trust is declared, is called the instrument of Trust or Trust Deed. Section…
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Risks in Foreign Exchange dealings
The business of foreign exchange dealing is confronted with multiple numbers of risks viz. Rate risk, Open Position risk, Maturity Mismatches risk, overtrading risk, Cash Balance Risk, Counterparty risk, Country risk, Fraud Risk, and so on. Nevertheless, like in any other business, risk taking in forex dealing is also inevitable as it also presents possibilities…
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Person resident in India VS ordinarily and not ordinarily resident
The terms citizen, nationality and domicile are different to residential status of a person. The residential status of a person in India is based on two different Acts viz. (i) Income Tax Act, 1961, ( I.T. Act) (ii) Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999. Under Income Tax Act, the residential status of a person is decided…
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THE OMBUDSMAN SCHEME FOR NBFCs, 2018 explained
The Ombudsman Scheme for NBFCs 2018 was launched by RBI on February 23, 2018, for cost-free expeditious complaint redressal against NBFCs registered with RBI under Section 45-IA of the RBI Act, 1934 and covered all deposit-accepting NBFCs to begin with. Further, on April 26, 2019 Reserve Bank extended the coverage of the Ombudsman Scheme to…
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What are GILTS or Gilt edged securities?
The term ‘Gilt’ is of British origin. The British called ‘Gilt edged securities’ to the bonds and the securities issued by the British Government (through Bank of England) on behalf of His/Her Majesty’s Treasury, whose paper certificates had a gilt edge. The term Gilt edged securities is used in India for the Government securities like…
Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions (OSDT) explained
The Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions (OSDT) is introduced by RBI, with effect from January 31, 2019, under Section 18 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. The scheme provides a cost-free and expeditious complaint redressal mechanism relating to deficiency in customer services in digital transactions conducted through non-banking ‘System Participant’. The ‘system Participant’…
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