Revision of position (long or short) for all currencies in Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives (ETCD) Market
Hitherto, the persons resident in India and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) are allowed to take a long (bought) or short (sold) position in USD-INR upto USD 15 million per exchange without having to establish existence of underlying exposure. In addition, residents & FPIs are allowed to take long or short positions in EUR-INR, GBP-INR and…
Read article Resolution of Stressed Assets: RBI scraps all existing debt restructuring schemes
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday (12.02.2018) scrapped all existing frameworks for revitalizing distressed assets such as Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) scheme , Flexible restructuring of long-term project loans(5/25) scheme, Strategic Debt Restructuring (SDR) scheme, Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets(S4A). The Joint Lendes’ Foroum (JLF) as an institutional mechanism for resolution of…
Read article NPA classification: Temporary relief to MSME borrowers
The Reserve Bank of India on Febraury 7, 2018 vide its circular DBR.No.BP.BC.100/21.04.048/2017-18, given an instrucion to banks and NBFCs not to down grade the asset classification of accounts of MSME borrowers where the borrower’s account was standard as on August 31, 2017.The accounts shall be treated as standard accounts if the borrower unit is…
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Budget 2018 highlights
Tax proposals for Salaried Class: No change in income slabs for salaried class. Health and education cess has been increased to 4 per cent Standard deduction of Rs. 40,000 for salaried employees in lieu of transport and medical expenses Education cess: 3% to 4% Surcharge of 10 % on income above Rs 50 lakh but…
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Latest Dearness Relief chart for Bank Pensioners
(The DA relief for Bank Pensioners is continuously updated on this site as soon as the ministry of labour releases consumer price index (For example DA chart for the months of February to July will be updated on 31st Jan, and DA chart for the months of August to January will be updated on 31…
Bank officers and employees Dearness Allowance (Latest DA Chart)
Latest update: 31.01.2018 As announced by the Labour Bureau of the Government today (31.01.2018), the average index numbers for October ‘17 to December ‘17 works out Bank employees and Officers DA Chart for Feb ’18 to Apr ‘18to 6551.01. It means 12 slabs (1.20% ) increase in DA for the ensuing quarter February 2018 to…
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