How to calculate the drawing power of a Cash Credit account?
The Cash Credit limit (known as working capital limit) is sanctioned by banks and financial institutions to industrial and trading establishments for their investment on various types of current assets used in the operating cycle. This facility offers the borrowers flexibility and comfort to withdraw funds from the bank as per their financial requirement from…
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Availability of 24×7NEFT service to the public from Dec’19
The Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies released by RBI yesterday set out various developmental and regulatory policy measures in the areas of Financial Markets; Payment and Settlement Systems; Banking Regulation, Financial Inclusion and Credit flow to NBFCs. Highlight of policies statement are as follows; Payment and Settlement Systems: As cited in the Payment System…
Read article RBI slashes Repo rate by 35 Basis points
RBI decided to cut interest rate by 35 basis points. With this cut RBI reduced Repo rate for the fourth time in a row. The Monitory Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI released its third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for 2019-20 today (August 7, 2019). The revised key policy rates are as under. CRR (Cash Reserve…
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What is fiscal policy?
Fiscal policy is the government’s use of spending and taxation to influence the economy. Fiscal policy differs from monetary policy. Monetary policy refers to the management of money supply and interest rate and is the demand side economic policy used by the monetary authority of a country, typically the central bank (in India RBI) or…
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Certain changes made in the facilities associated with the BSBDA accounts
With effect from September 1, 2019, Banks are required to frame Board approved policy / operational guidelines in respect of certain changes in Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) Accounts in the interest of better customer service. RBI on August 2, 2019, asked Banks to offer the following basic minimum facilities in the BSBD Account, free…
What is the meaning of Public debts?
A government requires money for its spending which includes normal government expenditures, capital expenditures on public works, relief expenditures, and subsidies of various types, transfer payments and social security benefits etc. Imposing tax on public for the above spending is major source of its revenue. Beside Taxation, government collects money through fiscal surplus of previous…
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