Date : Aug 30, 2016 Fifth Tranche of Sovereign Gold Bonds to open on September 01, 2016 The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, has decided to issue fifth tranche of Sovereign Gold Bonds. Applications for the bond will be accepted from September 01, 2016 to September 09, 2016. The… Read More »
Date : Aug 30, 2016 In terms of GoI notification F.No. 4(7)-W&M/2016 and RBI circular IDMD.CDD. No.462/14.04.050/2016-17 dated August 29, 2016, the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme will be open for subscription for the period from September 01 to 09, 2016. The issue price of the Sovereign Gold Bond for this tranche has been fixed at… Read More »
RBI/2016-17/50 DBR.BP.BC.No.8/21.01.003/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Guidelines on Enhancing Credit Supply for Large Borrowers through Market Mechanism Please refer to the Discussion Paper on the captioned subject issued on May 12, 2016 for comments of the stakeholders. The Discussion Paper proposed a framework for addressing the concentration risk of the… Read More »
RBI/2016-17/46 DBS.CO.PPD.05/11.01.005/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam, Risk- based Internal Audit Please refer to our circular DBS.CO.PP.BC.10/11.01.005/2002-03 dated December 27, 2002 on Risk-based Internal Audit setting out the scope and coverage of Risk-based Internal Audit (RBIA) system in commercial banks. In this connection some banks have represented to… Read More »
Master Circular – Collection of Direct Taxes – OLTAS RBI/2016-17/47 DGBA.GAD.No.458/42.01.034/2016-17 August 25, 2016 To All agency Banks Dear Sir / Madam Master Circular – Collection of Direct Taxes – OLTAS Please refer to our Master Circular DGBA.GAD.No.3/42.01.034/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015 on the above subject. 2. Instructions regarding Online Tax Accounting System (OLTAS) and… Read More »
Date : Aug 12, 2016 Pay IT dues in advance at RBI or at authorised bank branches – September 2016 The Reserve Bank of India has appealed to income tax assessees to remit their income tax dues sufficiently in advance of the due date. It has also stated that assessees can use alternate channels like… Read More »
Date : Aug 11, 2016 The Reserve Bank of India has today placed on its website the Draft Circular on “Customer Protection – Limiting Liability of Customers in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions”, for feedback. Suggestions/comments, if any, on the Draft Circular may be sent by post to the Chief General Manager, Department of Banking Regulation,… Read More »
RBI/2016-17/36 DBR.No.BP.BC.4/21.03.009/2016-17 August 11, 2016 All Commercial Banks and All India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Madam / Sir, Capacity Building in Banks and AIFIs The Reserve Bank had constituted a ‘Committee on Capacity Building’ (July 2014) under the Chairmanship of former Executive Director, Shri G Gopalakrishna, with the objective of implementing… Read More »
RBI/2016-17/37 FIDD.CO.Plan.BC.10/04.09.01/2016-17 August 11, 2016 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer [All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks)] Dear Sir/ Madam, Priority Sector Lending status for Factoring Transactions Please refer to Master Direction FIDD.CO.Plan.1/04.09.01/2016-17 dated July 7, 2016 on Priority Sector Lending (PSL) and Guidelines dated December 3, 2014 for setting up of… Read More »
Source : RBI Know Your Customer Guidelines (updated up to December 22, 2014) (This is a summarised and simplified version of the Reserve Bank of India’s Know Your Customer guidelines. For further details, please refer to the links which are provided below.) Q 1. What is KYC? Why is it required? Response: KYC means “Know… Read More »