Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of ₹ 500 and ₹ 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance 2016 (Updated as on January 24, 2017) 1. Why was the Scheme of Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the old Bank Notes in the denominations of… Read More »
Date : Jan 20, 2017 The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, had notified Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016 vide notification no. S.O. 4061 (E) dated December 16, 2016. The deposit under this Scheme shall be made by any person who declared undisclosed income under Pradhan Mantri… Read More »
Master Directions on Access Criteria for Payment Systems RBI/DPSS/2016-17/51 Master Direction DPSS.CO.OD.No.1846/04.04.009/2016-17 January 17, 2017 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs/ Urban Co-operative Banks/ State Co-operative Banks/ District Central Co-operative Banks/ Payment Banks/ Small Finance Banks/ Primary Dealers/ Authorised Payment System Providers Dear Sir, Master Directions on Access… Read More »
Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance 2016 (Updated as on January 17, 2017) 1. Why was the Scheme of Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the old Bank Notes in the denominations of… Read More »
Enhancement of withdrawal limits from ATMs and Current Accounts RBI/2016-17/213 DCM (Plg) No.2559/10.27.00/2016-17 January 16, 2017 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector Banks / Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks / Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks/District Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Enhancement of withdrawal… Read More »
RBI/2016-17/212 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 27 January 12, 2017 To All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Evidence of Import under Import Data Processing and Monitoring System (IDPMS) Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 05 dated October 06, 2016 read with… Read More »
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (Foreign Exchange Department) (CENTRAL OFFICE) NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 10th January, 2017 No.FEMA.377/ 2016-RB Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Fifteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2016 G.S.R. 16 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section 6 and Section 47… Read More »
RBI Working Paper* Series No. 1/2017 : How Asset Prices Interact with Bank Credit and Monetary Policy? By Bhupal Singh and Avadhoot R. Nadkarni The Reserve Bank of India placed on its website today a Working Paper titled “How Asset Prices interact with Bank Credit and Monetary Policy? Evidence from Emerging Market and Developing Economies“.… Read More »
All you wanted to know about NBFCs (Updated as on January 10, 2017) A. Definitions 1. What is a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)? A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares/stocks/bonds/debentures/securities issued by Government or local authority or… Read More »
Clarification regarding Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) There had been various estimates on SBNs tendered in certain sections. We would like to clarify that the periodical SBN figures released by us were based on aggregation of accounting entries done at the large no of Currency Chests all over the country. Now that the Scheme has come… Read More »