RBI elucidates eligible Non-Resident investment in debt instruments
RBI issued a Master Direction on January 7, 2025 – Reserve Bank of India (Non-resident Investment in Debt Instruments) Directions, 2025 Consolidating all earlier regulatory circular for debt instruments in India. These Directions shall be applicable with immediate effect. These Directions shall be applicable to all transactions by eligible non-residents in debt instruments. The following…
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Revision in maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
In the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, RBI announced that the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of all banks by 50 bps in two equal tranches of 25 bps each to 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) with effect from the fortnight beginning December 14, 2024, and December 28, 2024, respectively.…
Read article RBI holds Repo rate steady, reduces CRR to 4% maintains ‘Neutral’ stance
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy for FY25 today, December 6, 2024. The announcement comes amid economic challenges such as lower GDP growth, inflation, and concerns over tight liquidity conditions in the banking system. The RBI’s rate-setting committee (MPC) kept the benchmark key policy rates unchanged, Repo at 6.5%…
Read article Deepfake videos of RBI Governor: RBI warns public to be careful
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday placed on its website that the deepfake videos of the Governor are being circulated on social media that claim the launch of or support for some investment schemes by the RBI. “These videos attempt to advise people to invest their money in such schemes, through the use of…
Read article RBI carries out multiple amendments to KYC Norms effective from November 6.
RBI on a review amended KYC Master Direction on November 06, 2024. “The amendment has been necessitated to (a) align the instructions with the recent amendments carried out in the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 vide Gazette Notification dated July 19, 2024, (b) incorporate instructions in terms of the corrigendum dated…
UPI 123Pay transaction limit increased to ₹10,000 and UPI Lite wallet limit increased to ₹5,000
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday (October 9) announced changes in transaction limits of UPI 123 and UPI Lite wallet. During the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announcement, Das said that the per-transaction limit for UPI 123Pay will be increased from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000, while the UPI Lite wallet limit…
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