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CCIL is now Trade Repository

The Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) is now designated as ‘Trade Repository’ for the OTC interest rate and Foreign Exchange Contract.  The designated trade repository will be regulated and supervised under section 34(2) of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act).  Being a Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI), the repository would function under…

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Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

The Government of India recently approved the repealing of all earlier schemes under existing National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS). A new Insurance scheme called “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is put in place which replaces the old schemes from Kharif 2016. For all loanee farmers who borrow…

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Interest rate on small savings schemes slashed

In terms  of Government announcement on February 2016, the interest rate on small savings schemes will be notified on quarterly basis  hereafter, instead of earlier system of announcing for every year. Accordingly the Government h,as announced the interest rates for the following small savings schemes (for the quarter April 2016 to June 2016) wich are…

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Meaning of ‘diversion of funds’ and ‘siphoning of funds’

The diversion of funds means utilization of funds by the borrower in deviation of sanction terms of the lender, including any of the following occurrences. The credit facility extended for the working capital purposes, used by the unit for long term purposes, which is not in conformity with the sanction terms. The unit deploys borrowed…

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