Capital gain account in banks: All you need to know
What is capital gains account scheme? Whenever a house property is sold, the owner of the property is liable to pay income tax on capital gain (profit earned) from the transaction. The long-term capital gain on house property arises when the duration between the purchase and sale of a property is more than 24 months…
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How soiled notes/ Mutilated Notes exchanged in banks?
You may be holding a few currency notes which have become dirty due to normal wear and tear or two piece note pasted together wherein both the pieces presented belong to the same note and form the entire note with no essential feature missing. These notes are called as ‘soiled notes’ as per RBI definition.…
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Amendments to Reserve Bank of India (Note Refund) Rules, 2009
The Central Government has made amendments to the Reserve Bank of India (Note Refund) Rules, 2009. The amended rules called “the Reserve Bank of India (Note Refund) Amendment Rules, 2018” are effective from Gazette notification date September 6, 2018. The amendment to rules would help the public to exchange mutilated notes in Mahatma Gandhi (New)…
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Several banks are fronting penalties for missing daily ‘Aadhaar’ enrollment targets
In terms of UIDAI notification dated On June 1,2018 all the bank branches with Aadhaar facility will have to ensure at least eight enrolments or updations daily in each branch from July 1 and 12 per day per branch from October 1, and up to 16 from January 1, 2019 onwards. However, the deadline for…
Read article Present banking sector crisis should not become an alibi for privatization of public sector banks: Parliamentary Standing Committee
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance in its report dated September 5, 2018 on banking sector, made various suggestions to the RBI to resurrect the bleeding public sector banks, which include relaxation in capital adequacy rules to free up excess capital, easing of the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework, separate treatment of NPAs due to…
Banks wage settlement news: Officers’ Unions submit Supporting Notes
Text of Joint Note Talks held on 03.09.2018 ALL INDIA BANK OFFICERS’ CONFEDERATION (AIBOC), ALL INDIA BANK OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION (AIBOA) INDIAN NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ CONGRESS (INBOC),NATIONAL ORGANISATION OF BANK OFFICERS (NOBO) Camp: Mumbai Date: 3rd September, 2018 To All Affiliates (For Circulation) Dear Comrade, Wage Negotiation – XIth Bipartite Settlement As was decided in the…
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