The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) six-member monetary policy committee (MPC), headed by Governor Shaktikanta Das, decided to maintain key interest rates for a ninth straight meeting, retaining an accommodative stance amid the threat surrounding Omicron coronavirus variant.
As per extant practice, banks incorporated in India seek prior RBI approval for infusion of capital in their overseas branches and subsidiaries. retention of profits in, and transfer or repatriation of profits from these overseas centres. 3. In order to provide greater operational flexibility, RBI decided that prior RBI approval for above capital infusion/ transfers…
RBI announced in the Governor’s Statement of December 08, 2021, banks which had availed of funds under TLTRO and TLTRO 2.0 will be provided with one more option to prepay the outstanding amount. 2. Banks desirous of exercising the above option are advised to submit their requests via email to the Financial Markets Operations Department (Ph: 022-2263…
RBI hackathon applications are open for anyone above 18 years of age with an innovative idea. The registration process began on November 15 and the last date to register and submit proposals is December 15.
The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act, 1949) was amended by the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act 39 of 2020) which came into force on September 29, 2020. Accordingly, co-operative societies cannot use the words “bank”, “banker” or “banking” as part of their names, except as permitted under the provisions of BR Act, 1949…
The Reserve Bank of India today released the November 2021 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes five speeches, four articles and current statistics.
The four articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Is the Phillips Curve in India Dead, Inert and Stirring to Life or Alive and Well?; III. Uncertainty and Disagreement among Professional Macroeconomic Forecasters; and IV. Changing Tides in the Indian Money Market.
In view of the impending discontinuance of LIBOR as a benchmark rate, RBI decided to permit banks to offer interest rates on FCNR (B) deposits using widely accepted ‘Overnight Alternative Reference Rate (ARR) for the respective currency’ with upward revision in the interest rates ceiling by 50 bps. As a measure to handle the information…
The Reserve Bank announces the activation of the RBI Retail Direct Scheme with effect from today. The Scheme was launched today in virtual mode by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. Reserve Bank of India-Retail Direct (RBI-RD) Scheme will bring G-secs within easy reach of the common man by simplifying the process of investment. Under the Scheme, retail individual investors will be able to open a Retail Direct Gilt (RDG) Account with the Reserve Bank of India, using an online portal (https://rbiretaildirect.org.in).
The Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2021 (the Scheme) was launched today in virtual mode by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The Scheme integrates the existing three Ombudsman schemes of RBI namely, (i) the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006; (ii) the Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies, 2018; and (iii) the Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions, 2019. The Scheme, framed by the Reserve Bank in exercise of the powers conferred on it under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), Section 45L of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), and Section 18 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (51 of 2007), will provide cost-free redress of customer complaints involving deficiency in services rendered by entities regulated by RBI, if not resolved to the satisfaction of the customers or not replied within a period of 30 days by the regulated entity.
RBI has revised the PCA framework for Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Small Finance Banks, Payment Banks and Regional Rural Banks). The provisions of the revised PCA Framework will be effective from January 1, 2022.