RBI Governor held meeting with MD/CEOs of banks to discuss on three months moratorium
Today (May 2, 2020), RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das held meeting with the MD/CEOs of major public and private sector banks in two separate sessions through video conference. The meetings were attended by Deputy Governors and other senior officers of RBI. The move comes after an apex court direction to the regulator that the intended beneficiaries…
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RBI asks banks to claim regulatory benefit under SLF-MF scheme irrespective of source of funds
On Thursday (April 30, 2020) RBI announced that the regulatory benefits under the special liquidity facility for mutual funds (SLF-MF) scheme being extended to all banks irrespective of whether they avail funding from the Reserve Bank or deploy their own resources under the scheme. As per RBI circular April 27, 2020, RBI would conduct repo…
Read article Role of RBI as a Banker to Government explained
Reserve Bank of India is the banker to Central Government as well as State governments. In terms of Section 20 and section 21 of the RBI Act 1934, RBI has the obligation to undertake the receipts and payments of the Central Government departments and to carry out the exchange, remittance and other banking operations, including…
Read article Franklin fallout: RBI Announces ₹ 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds (SLF-MF)
Today (April 27, 2020) Reserve Bank of India announced ₹50,000 crores of special liquidity facility for mutual funds. This was in view of liquidity constraints faced by the Mutual Funds intensified in the wake of large redemptions and high exposure to low-rated illiquid debt securities. The move follows in a bid to support mutual funds…
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Repo operations: What is TRTRO?
TLTRO is acronym to Targeted Long Term Repo Operation (TLTRO). The scheme was introduced by Reserve bank of India as a tool to enhance the liquidity to sectors and entities experiencing liquidity constraints and/or hindrances to market access in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. For a second time on April 17, 2020, RBI has…
RBI lowers the requirement of Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)
As part of Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards, banks are required to maintain High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLAs) to meet 30 days net outgo under stressed conditions. Banks in India are also required to hold liquid assets of 18 percent of their NDTL from April 11, 2020 to maintain Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR). Although…
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