How to compare the discount rate of a loan with rate of interest?
We may observe that some banks as well as dealers of automobiles and electronic items offer discounted loans to their customers. Discounted loans are the loans that have the interest payment subtracted from the principal before the loan is disbursed. For example, consider a customer pays Rs.100/- in a year for an item costing Rs.95/-.…
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Dearness Relief payable to Bank Pensioners (Aug ’18 to Jan’19)
The percentage of Dearness Relief (DR) payable to the bank pensioners for the half year August 2018 to January 2019 will be as under. Retired on or after 11.2012: 541 slabs @ 0.10%=54.10% No of slabs Rate per Slab Percentage of DR payable DA on Basic Pension (Before commutation) 541 0.10% 54.10% Basic Pension ×…
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DA chart of Bank employees (August-October’18)
12 slabs increase in DA for Aug 2018 – Oct 2018 and 14 slabs increase in DA for Aug 2018 – January 2019 for Pensioners CPI for June 2019 is 291 (6596.68) as per the announcement of Labour Bureau today (31.07.2018). With the above, the average CPI for April, May & June 2018 is 6588.…
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What is Net Stable Funding Ratio [NSFR]?
NSFR or Net Stable Funding Ratio is a significant component on Liquidity Standards of the Basel III reforms. The guidelines in this regard finalized by RBI for implementation will come into effect in India from April 1, 2020. Unlike LCR guidelines which promote short term resilience of a bank’s liquidity profile, the NSFR guidelines ensure…
Incorporation of Name of the Purchaser on the Face of the Demand Draft
RBI vide its circular RBI/2018-19/14, DBR.AML.BC.No.210/14.01.001/2018-19 dated 12.07.2018 has made it compulsory to banks to incorporate the name of the purchaser on the face of the Demand Draft while purchasing it at a bank (including RRBs, Co-operative banks). In terms of the above notification, Section 66 of the Master Direction on KYC dated…
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