Daily Archives: March 17, 2017

Amendment in Companies Act

By | March 17, 2017

Amendment in Companies Act Amendments in the Companies Act, 2013 have been proposed through Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The said Bill, inter-alia, includes changes in provisions relating to incorporation related matters with regard to name reservation, contents of memorandum and for substitution of requirement of “affidavit” at the incorporation stage with “declaration”. Companies (Amendment) Bill,… Read More »

Impact of Demonetisation- A Preliminary Assessment by RBI

By | March 17, 2017

Macroeconomic Impact of Demonetisation- A Preliminary Assessment   Macroeconomic Impact of Demonetisation – A Preliminary Assessment* Demonetisation announced on November 8, 2016 was aimed at addressing corruption, black money, counterfeit currency and terror financing. Although demonetisation holds huge potential benefits in the medium to long-term, given the scale of operation, it was expected to cause… Read More »

Resolution of Stressed Assets by Banks

By | March 17, 2017

Resolution of Stressed Assets by Banks Total Stressed Assets (Gross Non Performing Assets and Restructured Standard Advances) of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) was Rs.9.64 lakh crore as on Dec 31, 2016 and Reduction in NPAs- due to actual recoveries (April to Dec) for SCBs are Rs.46,245 crore at the end of Dec 31, 2016 for… Read More »

Reforms to Boost Commodities Trading in India

By | March 17, 2017

Reforms to Boost Commodities Trading Regulatory reforms are continuous process and steps are taken continuously to further strengthen and develop commodities derivatives markets. Subsequent to the merger of the erstwhile Forward Markets Commission (FMC) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in September 2015, SEBI has taken several steps towards reforming and boosting… Read More »

Dispensing of fake currency notes through ATMs

By | March 17, 2017

Dispensing of fake currency notes through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) There have been media reports regarding dispensation of Rs 2000 notes resembling a genuine note but bearing the legend “Children Bank of India” in place of “Reserve Bank of India” from Delhi, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Sitamarhi (Bihar) and a few other places. State Bank of… Read More »

Small Finance and Payment Banks in India

By | March 17, 2017

Small Finance and Payment Banks Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines for licensing of small finance banks and payments banks on November 27, 2014 and granted in-principle approvals to 10 applicants to set up small finance banks and to 11 applicants to set up payments banks. The guidelines for small finance banks provide inter-alia… Read More »

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Plastic banknotes – Govt of India conducted field trial

By | March 17, 2017

Government to conduct field trial with plastic banknotes at five locations of the country; Approval for procurement of plastic substrate and printing of bank notes of Rs.10 denomination on plastic banknote substrates conveyed to RBI It has been decided to conduct a field trial with plastic banknotes at five locations of the country. Approval for… Read More »

Easy registration of Companies

By | March 17, 2017

Easy registration of Companies The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had setup the Central Registration Centre in 2016 for processing “Name Availability” and “Incorporation” applications for starting a new company. In cases where the applications are compliant with the Companies Act/Rules, the same are processed within the next 1-2 working days. The authenticity is ensured by… Read More »