Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2017-18 – Series II open
The Reserve Bank of India, has decided to issue Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18 – Series II from July 10, 2017. Applications for the bond will be accepted from July 10-14, 2017. The Bonds will be issued on July 28, 2017. The Bonds will be sold through banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL), designated…
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OLd definitions of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
The definition of MSMEs revised from July 1, 2020, Please read the following post for latest amendment. New criteria for the classification of MSME effective from July 1, 2020 The new criteria supersede the following article (You may refer following article only for reference to old date details). The MSMED Act 2006 classifies Micro, Small…
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Why do small and medium enterprises not get adequate bank finance?
Although, commercial banks and other financial institutions have been making steady strides to increase their share of credits to the MSE sector, but they have certain difficulties in sanctioning limits to SME borrowers. In an environment of NPA numbers in the banking sector alarmingly swelling, banks themselves are under stress and facing challenges to raise…
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Aadhar mandatory for opening bank account,large transactions
The Union government has made Aadhaar number mandatory for opening the bank accounts, as well as conductiong financial transactions of Rs.50000.00 and above.The existing customers of banks who have not linked Aadhar number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to their bank is now required to link the same before December 31,…
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GST rates set to roll out from July 2017
With the clearance of pending rules including transition provisions and returns by the Government and the GST council, the new tax regime GST (Goods and Services Tax) is set to roll out all over India from July 1, 2017. As per Constitutional amendment stipulations all the states must pass SGST bill by September 15, 2017,…
RBI keeps Repo rate, CRR, Bank rate …unchanged,
June 7, 2017- The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday in its second Bi-Monthly Statement for 2017-18, kept the key policy rates unchanged. With the above monetary policy decision of the apex bank, the repo rate (the rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI) stays at 6.25 per cent. Further, the Monetary Policy…
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