Collateral free agricultural loan limit enhanced up to 1.60 lakh
Currently the banks are mandated to extend collateral-free agriculture loans up to Rs.1 lakh. This limit of Rs.1 lakh was fixed in the year 2010.In view of overall inflation and rise in agriculture input cost since 2010, Reserve Bank of India vide its circular RBI/2018-19/118 FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.13/05.05.010/2018-19 dated February 7, 2019 advised all the scheduled commercial…
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RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points
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…
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High lights of Interim Budget 2019
The highlights of Finance minister Piyush Goyal presented on Friday 01.02.2019 are as under. * Individual tax payers with income upto Rs. 5 lakh taxable income will get full tax rebate * Even those earning ₹6.5 lakh will not have to pay tax, if they invest in specified savings *The threshold for TDS on…
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11th BPS: Discussions with IBA Joint Circular by AIBEA-NCBE-BEFI-INBEF-NOBW:
One more round of Bipartite Discussions was held between workman unions and IBA today at Mumbai. IBA was represented by Mr. Rakesh Sharma, (MD of IDBI Bank), Chairman of the Small Negotiating Committee, Mrs. Reeta Kaul, GM, PNB, Mr. S K Suri, GM, Allahabad Bank, Mr. B Rajkumar, Dy. Chief Executive, IBA, Mr. Sanjay Prakash…
Read articleMandatory SLR requirement for banks reduced
Latest edit: RBI has decided to reduce statutory liquidity ratio, the portion of funds which banks are required to park in treasury bills and other instruments, by 0.25% every quarter beginning January. The calibrated reduction in statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) will continue till it reaches18%. The first reduction of 25 basis points taken effect in…
Bank Holidays 2019: Holiday lists of all the states of India
Here you will find the statewise lists of Public holidays/Bank Holidays declared by diferent states viz.1.Andhra Pradesh, 2.Arunachal Pradesh, 3.Assam, 4.Bihar, 5. Chhattisgarh, 6. Delhi, 7. Goa, 8.Gujarat,9. Haryana,10. Himachal Pradesh, 11.Jammu & Kashmir, 12. Jharkhand, 13.Karnataka, 14.Kerala, 15.Madhya Pradesh, 16. Maharashtra, 17. Manipur, 18. Meghalaya, 19.Mizoram,20. Nagaland, 21. Odisha, 22. Pudhucherry, 23.Punjab, 24. Rajasthan,…
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