Rupee will find its level: Shaktikanta Das
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday speaking at the ‘Banking beyond tomorrow’ the Annual Banking Conclave of Bank of Baroda said that the central bank will ensure that the rupee “finds its level” in line with its fundamentals with “zero tolerance” for volatile and bumpy movements of the currency.” We are living in turbulent times.…
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RBI issues new guidelines on Note Authentication and Fitness Sorting Parameters
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday revised the existing guidelines for authentication and sorting the new series of banknotes and issued guidelines directing banks to test their banknote sorting machines on a quarterly basis. “In the backdrop of introduction of the new series banknotes, these parameters have been reviewed and a revised set…
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Will your take home salary, PF, working hours change from July 1 under New Labour Laws?
The Take-home salary, contribution to Employees’ Provident Fund and working hours could change significantly as the Centre plans to implement new labour laws from July 1. The Indian parliament has passed the four labour codes — wages, social security, industrial relations, occupational safety, health and working conditions. These codes were created by subsuming 29 Central…
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RBI extends implementation of some norms for credit and debit cards
The Reserve Bank of India vide circular dated April 21, 2022, had issued master directions for credit and debit card issuance in the year 2022. These guidelines apply to banks excluding payment banks, state co-operative banks, and district central co-operative banks. Also, all NBFCs operating in India should follow the new norms of card issuance…
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RBI takes away restrictions imposed on Master Card
RBI on Thursday lifted the restrictions imposed on Mastercard Asia / Pacific Pte. Ltd, vide order dated July 14, 2021, from immediate effect. Last year on July 14, 2021, the regulator imposed restrictions on Mastercard from onboarding new domestic customers including debit, credit, or prepaid onto its card network for non-compliance with the RBI circular…
RBI doubles Individual Housing Loan limits by Cooperative Banks
In today’s (June 8, 2022) statement of development and regulatory policies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced measures to support cooperative banks by doubling the credit limits for the individual borrowers of Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) and Rural Cooperative Banks (RCBs) – State Cooperative Banks and District Central Cooperative Banks. According to the…
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