Why do small and medium enterprises not get adequate bank finance?
Although, commercial banks and other financial institutions have been making steady strides to increase their share of credits to the MSE sector, but they have certain difficulties in sanctioning limits to SME borrowers. In an environment of NPA numbers in the banking sector alarmingly swelling, banks themselves are under stress and facing challenges to raise…
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Aadhar mandatory for opening bank account,large transactions
The Union government has made Aadhaar number mandatory for opening the bank accounts, as well as conductiong financial transactions of Rs.50000.00 and above.The existing customers of banks who have not linked Aadhar number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to their bank is now required to link the same before December 31,…
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GST rates set to roll out from July 2017
With the clearance of pending rules including transition provisions and returns by the Government and the GST council, the new tax regime GST (Goods and Services Tax) is set to roll out all over India from July 1, 2017. As per Constitutional amendment stipulations all the states must pass SGST bill by September 15, 2017,…
Read articleRBI keeps Repo rate, CRR, Bank rate …unchanged,
June 7, 2017- The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday in its second Bi-Monthly Statement for 2017-18, kept the key policy rates unchanged. With the above monetary policy decision of the apex bank, the repo rate (the rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI) stays at 6.25 per cent. Further, the Monetary Policy…
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Applicability of Stamp duty when signatories are in different states/abroad
Stamp duty payable on an instrument/document when joint executants are in different state The section 17 of Stamp act 1899 provides that all instruments chargeable to the duty and executed by any person in India shall be stamped before or at the time of execution of the instrument. Section 19A provides that added stamp duty…
All you need to know about a cheque
(This post explains Legal amount and courtesy amount,Effect of date written in Saka samvat,Cheques written in Regional Language, meaning of e-cheque.) A cheque has three principal parties viz. Drawer; Drawee and Payee. The drawer is the person who issues (draws) the cheque. The drawee is the paying bank whose name and address is printed on…
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