Amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda has been notified vide Gazette of India Notification G.S.R. 2(E) dated January 2, 2019. The Notification called the ‘Amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda Scheme, 2019’ has come into force on April 1, 2019. In view of the above,…
1. The Bank had constituted a Committee on Currency Movement (CCM) [Chair: Shri D.K. Mohanty, Executive Director]. The Committee, inter-alia, recommended that the Reserve Bank should encourage banks to open large Currency Chests (CCs) with modern facilities and Chest Balance Limit (CBL) of at least ₹ 10 billion. Accordingly, RBI decided to have the following…
With reference to paragraph 13 of the Statement on Development and Regulatory Policies of the Sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19 released on February 7, 2019 RBI has vide notification dated 7th February 2019 informed all the Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRB & SFB’s to raise the limit for collateral free agriculture loans to Rs. 1.6 lakh thereby…
As announced in the Monetary Policy Statement of December 5, 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched on 31st January 2019, the Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions (OSDT) vide Notification dated January 31, 2019 for redressal of complaints against System Participants as defined in the said Scheme. Follow the link for the Scheme: The Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions, 2019…
Dear Friends, At this juncture when Union Bank of India is celebrating its Centenary New Year and Bank Promotions are in process I feel delighted to present the Book entitled Awareness about Union Bank of India. This book contains awareness about Union Bank of India startiting from its History, Vision, Mission, Organisational Structure, various Joint…
Dear Friends, We have today uploaded on the website the GD & Interview Experiences of some of the Participants who have appeared for Bank of Baroda PO, GD & Interview commenced on 10th September and SBI PO GD & Interview commenced on 24th September 2018. It will be our endeavour to update the same as…
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal unveiled ‘Project Sashakt’, a five-prong strategy to deal with non-performing assets. Sashakt aims to strengthen the credit capacity, credit culture and credit portfolio of public sector banks. What is Project Sashakt? Project Sashakt was proposed by a panel led by PNB chairman Sunil Mehta. The Five-Prong Approach is as under:- 1. Outlining SME Resolution approach for…
Priority Sector Lending – Targets and Classification – (FAQ’s As on April 18, 2018) 1. What are the different categories under priority sector? Priority Sector includes the following categories: (i) Agriculture (ii) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(iii) Export Credit(iv) Education(v) Housing(vi) Social Infrastructure(vii) Renewable Energy(viii) Others 2. What are the Targets and Sub-targets for banks under…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made it mandatory to mention the name of the person on the front of the demand draft while purchasing it at a bank branch. At present, the DD form only asks for the name of the entity or person in whose favour it is to be prepared. In…
RBI vide its notification dated 7th June 2018 inform all the Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs), Local Area Banks (LABs), Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /District Central Co-operative Banks and Small Finance Banks/Payment Banks that wef 1st July 2018 the rate of interest has since been reviewed and it was decided that the rate of interest payable…