MPC Meeting Apr 2022: SDF to be the new floor for policy rates, Repo rate unchanged
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting headed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent, while the newly introduced SDF rate has been set at 3.75%, higher than the 3.35% fixed reverse repo rate, which is the rate at which banks park their excess…
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Scheduled commercial banks can now establish separate Digital Banking Units (DBU): RBI
The Reserve Bank of India today (April 7, 2022) released the guidelines on the “Establishment of Digital Banking Units (DBUs)”. These guidelines are applicable to all Domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks, Payments Banks, and Local Area Banks). As per the guidelines, scheduled commercial banks with past digital banking experience are permitted to…
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All ATMs shall achieve cassette swap by March 31, 2023: RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday has extended the timeline for banks to use lockable cassettes, which could be swapped at the time of cash replenishment, in their ATMs by a year to March 31, 2023. The RBI had come out with the circular in 2018 advising banks to consider using lockable Cassette…
Read article Banks will conduct special clearing ops on Mar 31 for closure of govt accounts
Banks will conduct special clearing operations for the annual closure of government accounts on March 31, to facilitate accounting of all government transactions for the current financial year (2021-22). The Reserve Bank said that the above direction of the Central bank is mandatory for all banks to participate in the proposed special clearing operations for…
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Microfinance Loans: RBI issues Master Direction 2022 for Regulatory Framework
A microfinance loan is defined as a collateral-free loan given to a household having annual household income up to Rs300000 (Rupees Three Lakhs). For this purpose, the household shall mean an individual family unit, i.e., husband, wife, and their unmarried children. The collateral-free loan under microfinance shall be irrespective of end-use and mode of application/…
Cabinet Approves Setting Up Of National Land Monetization Corporation as wholly owned Govt. Company
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) as a wholly-owned Government of India company. The new entity has an initial authorised share capital of Rs 5,000 crore and a paid-up share capital of Rs 150 crore. In view of Central Public Sector Enterprises ( CPSEs) and…
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