The Reserve Bank of India is exploring the use of a dollar sell-buy swap to drain liquidity from the banking system, having used the most common instruments over the last two and a half years in its fight against inflation.
Move aimed at checking short-term inflow of foreign funds.
The sharp rise in home loan rates of private sector banks is forcing their customers to switch loyalties.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India plans to focus on infrastructure companies and banks for special audit during the current financial year.
RBI may have no choice if UTI Bank's shareholders approve the same.
To resume after six-year hiatus.
The Reserve Bank of India, which has already raised the cash reserve ratio (CRR) thrice since December last year, is contemplating another hike, though only on incremental deposits this time.
The funds are likely to be invested as per the interim investment guidelines, which may allow investment of 5 per cent in equity and 10 per cent in equity-linked mutual funds.
The government is reviewing norms for investments by foreign venture capital funds in real estate, after the Reserve Bank of India coming round to the view that such funding is helping create an asset bubble in the sector.
The government proposes to treat the investments by foreign institutional investors in pre initial public offers (IPOs) of real estate companies at par with foreign direct investment.
A way to ensure good growth as private banks find organic growth tough.
After the first day of listing, the exchanges put a price band of 20 per cent for the movement of the stock prices. However, the level of circuit filter proposed for IPOs on the first day of listing is not known.
While there is little chance of a reduction in this limit, the central bank is now insisting on a certificate from chartered accountants on the end-use of the funds borrowed.
As they feel that the rupee may depreciate to 43.75 levels over the next six months.
The hike in service charges by commercial banks has come under the Reserve Bank of India lens.
The tax burden on foreign banks , which avail of funds from their parents for operations in India, may go up substantially following a recent order passed by the Mumbai Income Tax tribunal in the case of UAE-based Mashreq Bank.
Seeks capital gains tax payment prior to FIPB clearance.
Sebi has directed the depositories to ask all the depository participants to examine the origin of accounts that did not comply with the requirement for Permanent Account Number.
The exchange rate policy has served us very well in the last so many years and the exchange rate has been commended all around, says RBI Governor Y V Reddy.
The move will partly offset the impact of foreign currency inflows on money supply.
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