News for 'Reserve Bank of India Act'

Do not park too much money in co-operative banks

Do not park too much money in co-operative banks

Rediff.com13 Nov 2019

Do not go for riskier options like co-operative bank only for the higher return. Even if you go for them, park only a small portion of your capital there, say Tinesh Bhasin and Sanjay Kumar Singh.

RBI acts tough on offshore FX trading on the internet

RBI acts tough on offshore FX trading on the internet

Rediff.com18 Sep 2013

The RBI cracked down on offshore foreign exchange trading by Indians through online trading websites.

RBI plans to speed up cheque clearance. Here's how

RBI plans to speed up cheque clearance. Here's how

Rediff.com6 Feb 2020

The cheque truncation system, which is currently operational at the major clearing houses of the country, has stabilised well and it has made large efficiency gains: RBI

Why are our banks so secretive?

Why are our banks so secretive?

Rediff.com29 Jul 2020

'The finance ministry and public sector banks have tried to keep the names of wilful defaulters secret.' 'Secrecy and concealing information are inbred among banks and even the RBI,' observes Debashis Basu, editor, www.moneylife.in.

Vegetable prices might ease from September led by tomato: RBI Governor Das

Vegetable prices might ease from September led by tomato: RBI Governor Das

Rediff.com24 Aug 2023

Vegetable rates may ease from September, led by tomato prices, which have started showing signs of correction on the back of increased supply, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday. "Looking ahead, the spike in vegetable prices in July is starting to see a correction, led by tomato prices. "New arrivals of tomatoes in mandis are already softening the prices, coupled with proactive supply management in the case of onions.

FIR against PMC Bank brass puts loss at Rs 4,355 cr

FIR against PMC Bank brass puts loss at Rs 4,355 cr

Rediff.com1 Oct 2019

Police FIR reveals the bank had replaced 44 loan accounts of HDIL with 21,049 fictitious loan accounts. These 21,049 were actually not created in the core banking solution of the bank, but were mere entities in the advances master indent submitted to RBI for conducting its inspection for the year ended March 2018.

One year later, PMC Bank depositors are still struggling

One year later, PMC Bank depositors are still struggling

Rediff.com23 Sep 2020

PMC Bank depositors have spent the last one year holding protests, meeting politicians, writing to various authorities in an effort to get their hard-earned money back.

India mulls bitcoin, may call it Lakshmi

India mulls bitcoin, may call it Lakshmi

Rediff.com16 Sep 2017

The cryptocurrency will fall in the RBI's domain.

Traders brace for impact of Paytm crisis

Traders brace for impact of Paytm crisis

Rediff.com8 Feb 2024

It's mid-morning and the two-kilometre stretch from Rashbehari Avenue to Gariahat Market is bustling with activity. Dotted with saree shops and hawker stalls that sell everything, from hairpins, hangers and towels to hosiery, mobile phone covers and kurtas, this is one of South Kolkata's busiest shopping areas. And it is beginning to wake up to the Paytm crisis.

PMC shows it's time for relook at urban coop banks

PMC shows it's time for relook at urban coop banks

Rediff.com10 Oct 2019

In the aftermath of the PMC Bank mess which was in the RBI's highest rating of 'A' category, trustworthiness of these ratings may be up for a review.

RBI proposes wholesale, long-term finance banks

RBI proposes wholesale, long-term finance banks

Rediff.com11 Apr 2017

Discussion paper fixes Rs 1,000 cr as minimum capital for these specialised banks

'India is becoming less and less attractive for FIIs'

'India is becoming less and less attractive for FIIs'

Rediff.com14 Dec 2021

'In the overall global portfolio, India's weighting has come down in the past seven months.'

RBI reschedules dates for Monetary Policy meet

RBI reschedules dates for Monetary Policy meet

Rediff.com28 Sep 2020

New dates to be announced shortly, the RBI said.

We doing all we can to break unholy nexus: Urjit Patel on banking scam

We doing all we can to break unholy nexus: Urjit Patel on banking scam

Rediff.com14 Mar 2018

Breaking silence over the Rs 12,967 crore scam at Punjab National Bank, he said: "I have chosen to speak today to convey that we at the Reserve Bank of India also feel the anger, hurt and pain at the banking sector frauds and irregularities."

Banks and ARCs: Time to break the cosy relationship

Banks and ARCs: Time to break the cosy relationship

Rediff.com31 May 2021

Banks feel happy shifting their toxic assets from loan books to investment books while the ARCs enjoy the management fees with a smile, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

No Major Cash Outflows In Winter Session

No Major Cash Outflows In Winter Session

Rediff.com23 Nov 2023

The government has exhausted only 39 per cent of its fiscal deficit target in the first half of FY24.

Govt may pare stakes in some banks to 33%

Govt may pare stakes in some banks to 33%

Rediff.com27 Aug 2015

The government is considering a proposal to privatise some state-owned banks in phases.

ICICI fraud case: HC raps CBI for 'casual' arrest of Dhoot

ICICI fraud case: HC raps CBI for 'casual' arrest of Dhoot

Rediff.com20 Jan 2023

The Bombay high court granted interim bail to Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot on Friday, nearly a month after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan fraud case. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P K Chavan granted bail to Dhoot on a surety of Rs one lakh. The court permitted him to furnish cash bail and then deposit the surety amount two weeks thereafter.

India's GDP to contribute 22% to global growth, says Morgan Stanley

India's GDP to contribute 22% to global growth, says Morgan Stanley

Rediff.com11 Aug 2022

India is likely to be the fastest-growing Asian economy in 2022-23, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. They expect India's gross domestic product growth to average 7 per cent during this period - the strongest among the largest economies - and contributing 28 per cent and 22 per cent to Asian and global growth, respectively. The Indian economy, they said, is set for its best run in over a decade as pent-up demand is unleashed.

Banks have no liability for loss of valuables in lockers: RBI

Banks have no liability for loss of valuables in lockers: RBI

Rediff.com25 Jun 2017

Even under the RTI response, all public sectors banks have washed their hands of any responsibility.

Adding 'Spice' to the banking licence

Adding 'Spice' to the banking licence

Rediff.com4 Jul 2013

BK Modi-promoted group registers company 10 days before the deadline

RBI asked to maintain inflation target of 4% till March 2026

RBI asked to maintain inflation target of 4% till March 2026

Rediff.com31 Mar 2021

The government on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank to maintain retail inflation at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side for another five-year period ending March 2026. To control the price rise, the government in 2016 gave a mandate to the RBI to keep the retail inflation at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side for a five-year period ending March 31, 2021.

Bandhan Bank still waiting for RBI guidelines on meeting promoter holding norms

Bandhan Bank still waiting for RBI guidelines on meeting promoter holding norms

Rediff.com17 Aug 2018

RBI's licensing norms require a bank to bring down promoter holding to 40 % within 3 years of operation - which, for Bandhan Bank, will be by Aug 23

Which ITR Should You File?

Which ITR Should You File?

Rediff.com16 Feb 2024

A new schedule has been added to report income from cryptocurrencies and other Virtual Digital Assets.

US, allies cut off Russian banks from SWIFT

US, allies cut off Russian banks from SWIFT

Rediff.com27 Feb 2022

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is the world's main banking messaging service which links around 11,000 banks and institutions in more than 200 countries, including India.

Political Savvy Nirmalaji's Bold Budget

Political Savvy Nirmalaji's Bold Budget

Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

Few finance ministers announce any taxation measure that could upset the stock market. Ms Sitharaman decided to take that risk, observes A K Bhattacharya.

ED grills Aishwarya Rai for 6 hrs in 'Panama Papers' leak case

ED grills Aishwarya Rai for 6 hrs in 'Panama Papers' leak case

Rediff.com20 Dec 2021

The quizzing of the 48-year-old daughter-in-law of superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan comes weeks after her husband Abhishek Bachchan was questioned by the agency in another case emerging from the same set of papers linked to the offshore leaks case, they said.

Don't use currency notes for making garlands: RBI

Don't use currency notes for making garlands: RBI

Rediff.com11 Sep 2013

Such actions, it said, deface the banknotes and shorten their life.

Bank frauds: SBI sought issuance of 147 Look Out Circulars

Bank frauds: SBI sought issuance of 147 Look Out Circulars

Rediff.com8 Sep 2019

Between April and August, it issued request seeking LoC against 147 individuals to prevent them from leaving the country, the bank said in response to a Right to Information query filed by Pune-based activist Vihar Durve.

MUST-READ: UPA's fiscal stance to blame, says Subbarao in last speech

MUST-READ: UPA's fiscal stance to blame, says Subbarao in last speech

Rediff.com30 Aug 2013

The full text of RBI governor D Subbarao's last speech, where he blames the UPA government for the fiscal mess

India's economic growth 'extremely fragile', says RBI MPC member

India's economic growth 'extremely fragile', says RBI MPC member

Rediff.com23 Dec 2022

India's economic growth is now 'extremely fragile' and needs all the support that it can get, as private consumption and capital investment are yet to pick up, RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Jayanth R Varma said on Friday. Varma further said out of the four engines of growth for the economy, exports and government spending supported the Indian economy through the pandemic, but other engines need to pick up the baton now. " I like to think in terms of the four engines of growth for the economy: exports, government spending, capital investment and private consumption. "...while exports cannot be the main driver of growth because of the global slowdown, government spending is necessarily limited by fiscal constraints," he told PTI.

Rescue acts, growth measures dominate RBI's platter in 2020

Rescue acts, growth measures dominate RBI's platter in 2020

Rediff.com30 Dec 2020

Delivering a public speech hours after the RBI launched a rescue act for Yes Bank on March 6, Governor Shaktikanta Das reiterated the RBI's affirmation to do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus impact. On that day, India had only one confirmed COVID-19 infection, the World Health Organisation was five days off from declaring it as a pandemic and the financially debilitating lockdowns were not even on the horizon. Das' promise on efforts to mitigate COVID-19 impact appeared as a footnote in news reports from the event.

Why reduce the bank CEO to a titular head!

Why reduce the bank CEO to a titular head!

Rediff.com4 Aug 2020

'The CEO will neither be able to guide the senior team in operational matters nor decide on their appointment, compensation or removal.' 'Yet, the CEO is responsible for the profit and loss of the bank!' 'Why would the senior executives listen to him?' 'Which self-respecting professional would want to be a CEO with these constraints?' asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

Govt won't make RBI's inflation report public

Govt won't make RBI's inflation report public

Rediff.com12 Dec 2022

The government on Monday ruled out making public the RBI report detailing the reasons why the central bank could not keep inflation within the targeted 6 per cent upper limit for the three consecutive quarters. "Yes sir, RBI has furnished a report to the central government, as mandated under Section 45ZN of the RBI Act, 1934 and Regulation 7 of RBI Monetary Policy Committee and Monetary Policy process Regulations, 2016," minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply. The said provisions of the RBI Act, 1934, and regulations therein does not provide for making the report public, he said.

RBI raises temporary liquidity limit for states, UTs by 46%

RBI raises temporary liquidity limit for states, UTs by 46%

Rediff.com7 Apr 2021

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday announced an extension of interim ways and means advances (WMAs) limit of Rs 51,560 crore to state governments till September, to help them tide over the financial stress posed by the second wave of COVID-19. WMAs are temporary advances given by the RBI to the states to tide over any mismatch in receipts and payments. There are two types of WMA - normal and special. While normal WMA are clean advances, special WMA are secured advances provided against the pledge of the government of India dated securities.

FinMin wants banks to be exempt from CSR spend

FinMin wants banks to be exempt from CSR spend

Rediff.com23 Jul 2014

Letter to corporate affairs ministry cites slowing economy, capital challenges.

Yes Bank moratorium likely to be lifted by Saturday

Yes Bank moratorium likely to be lifted by Saturday

Rediff.com9 Mar 2020

On the capital raising, where there are reports of the bank needing at least Rs 20,000 crore to spring back to normalcy, Yes Bank administrator Prashant Kumar declined to give an estimate of the requirement but said it would like for most of the fund raising to happen in the first round itself.

Budget 2024: 'We have to be intelligent'

Budget 2024: 'We have to be intelligent'

Rediff.com1 Nov 2023

'The global situation is not very good.'

Anil Ambani appears before ED in Yes Bank case

Anil Ambani appears before ED in Yes Bank case

Rediff.com19 Mar 2020

Reliance group chairman Anil Ambani on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai in connection with a money-laundering probe against Yes Bank promoter Rana Kapoor and others, officials said. The agency is expected to record the statement of Ambani under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The 60-year-old businessman arrived at the ED office in Ballard Estate around 9.30 am.

ICICI case: Videocon's Dhoot says his arrest was unnecessary; CBI says he was evading probe

ICICI case: Videocon's Dhoot says his arrest was unnecessary; CBI says he was evading probe

Rediff.com13 Jan 2023

The lawyer of Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot on Friday argued before the Bombay high court that the industrialist's arrest in the ICICI Bank loan fraud case was unwarranted as he was cooperating with the probe. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on the other hand, claimed that he was trying to avoid probe. Dhoot, arrested by the CBI on December 26, 2022, and presently in judicial custody, has moved the high court seeking to quash the First Information Report, and has also sought interim bail.