Union Budget for 2019-20: Key Highlights & Impact on Banking & Financial Sector

The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman made her maiden Budget Speechon 5th July 2019 and presented the Union Budget 2019-20 before the Parliament. The key highlights of Union Budget 2019 are as follows: 10-point Vision for the decade 1. Building Team India with Jan Bhagidari: Minimum Government Maximum Governance. 2. Achieving green…

Current Account Deficit & Its Impact on Economy

Current Account Deficit & Its Impact on Economy What is Current Account Deficit? Current Account Deficit (CAD), is a key indicator that reflects the economic strength of a nation. The CAD is the net of foreign exchange inflows and outflows. CAD is one of the key indicators of an economy’s health and measures the difference…

Financial Stability Report – June 2019 -RBI

The Reserve Bank of India today released the 19th issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR). The FSR reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on risks to financial stability, as also the resilience of the financial system. The Report also discusses issues relating to development and regulation…

Prudential Framework for Resolution of Stressed Assets

Reserve Bank of India has issued a new framework on 7th June 2019 for resolution of bad loans, replacing the previous norms quashed by the Supreme Court in April, offering a 30-day gap for stress recognition instead of the one-day default earlier. The apex court had on April 2 struck down the stringent RBI circular, issued…

Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies

RBI has released Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies on 6th June 2019 which sets out various developmental and regulatory policy measures for strengthening regulation and supervision; broadening and deepening the financial markets; and improving payment and settlement systems. I. Regulation and Supervision 1. Leverage Ratio for Banks In order to mitigate risks of excessive leverage,…

RBI to hold ‘structured meetings’ with bank auditors to deal with divergences

On May 1 We have posted an article “RBI cracks the whip on auditors, wants them to keep eye on five key areas” wherein its was mentioned that The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked bank auditors to keep a close watch on five key parameters and is to reassign its senior supervisory authority…

Haircut in Loan Recovery

WHAT IS HAIRCUT IN LOAN RECOVERY ? 1. In banking, haircut means the difference between the actual dues form a borrower, and the amount he settles with the bank. 2. When there is no hope of loan recovery, bank will write-off it as one time settlement. It is better to recover something rather than losing…

Swiss Challenge Method – Enabling Low Vintage and Debt aggregation

In Indian Express dt 24th April 2019, a news has been flashed as under: “Central Bank of India on Friday put up two non-performing assets (NPAs) worth Rs 251 crore for sale through the Swiss challenge method.” “The auction for Srinagar Banihal Expressway (Rs 200 crore) and Maa Mahamaya Industries (Rs 51 crore) are being…

RBI releases draft “Enabling Framework for Regulatory Sandbox”

In view of the growing significance of FinTech innovations and their interface with the financial sector as well as financial sector entities, the Financial Stability and Development Council – Sub Committee had decided to set up a Working Group (WG), to look into and report on the granular aspects of FinTech and its implications, so…

आयुष्मान भारत योजना(AYUSHMAN BHARAT YOJANA) या प्रधानमंत्री जन आरोग्य योजना (PRADHAN MANTRI JAN AROGYA YOJANA )

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