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Foreign investment in India by SEBI registered Long term investors in Government dated Securities
RBI/2013-14/473 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.99 January 29, 2014 To, All Authorised Persons Madam/ Sir, Foreign investment in India by SEBI registered Long term investors in Government dated Securities Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person… Read More
Change in Government Debt Investment Limits for FIIs
CIRCULAR CIR/IMD/FIIC/3/2014 January 29, 2014 To All Foreign Institutional Investors through their designated Custodians of Securities The Depositories (NSDL and CDSL) Sir / Madam, Sub: Change in Government Debt Investment Limits 1. Government of India enhanced the Government debt investment limits by USD 5 billion in June 2013. Vide circular IR/IMD/FIIC/8/2013 dated June 12, 2013,… Read More
Notification under regulation 3 of the SEBI (Certification of Associated Persons in the Securities Markets) Regulations, 2007
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART - III - SECTION 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, JANUARY 27, 2014 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 27th day of January, 2014 Notification under regulation 3 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Certification of Associated Persons in the Securities Markets) Regulations, 2007.… Read More
Procedure for PAN allotment to undergo a change w.e.f. 03rd Feb 2014
Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes Dated 24th January, 2013 Press Release The procedure for PAN allotment process will undergo a change w.e.f. 03.02.2014. From this date onwards, every PAN applicant has to submit self-attested copies of Proof of Identity (POI), Proof of Address (POA) and Date of Birth… Read More
Report by Regional Director (RD) u/s 394A of the Companies Act, 1956- Taking accounts of comments/inputs from Income Tax Department and other sectoral Regulators while filing reports by RD
General Circular No 1/2014, Dated :15th January 2014 Subject: Report u/s 394A of the Companies Act, 1956- Taking accounts of comments/inputs from Income Tax Department and other sectoral Regulators while filing reports by RDs. Section 394A of the Companies Act, 1956 requires service of a notice on the Central Government wherever cases involving arrangement/compromise (under Section 391) or reconstruction / amalgamation (under… Read More
Banknotes issued prior to 2005 to be withdrawn RBI Clarification
Further to our Press Release dated January 22, 2014 on the subject and in response to the queries raised, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) clarifies that the rationale behind its move to withdraw banknotes printed prior to 2005 is to remove these banknotes from the market because they have fewer security features compared to… Read More
Non-Banking Finance Companies: Game Changers
Speech delivered by Shri P Vijaya Bhaskar, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India at ASSOCHAM in Delhi on January 23, 2014 Introduction The Indian financial sector consists of a wide variety of institutions which cater to different market segments. At the apex level are scheduled commercial banks which follow universal banking model. Next, there is… Read More
Prepaid Payment Instruments issued by Non-Banking Institutions
RBI/2013-14/461 DNBS(PD).CC. No 368 /03.10.01 /2013-14 January 24 , 2014 All Non Banking Financial Companies Dear Sirs, Prepaid Payment Instruments issued by Non-Banking Institutions Nonbanking institutions (NBIs) are allowed to issue prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) and collect money in this behalf from the customers, subject to authorisation under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act (PSS… Read More
Conversion of debt into shares, consent level of security enforcement actions and permission to acquire debt from other SC/RCs
RBI/2013-2014/460 DNBS (PD) CC. No. 35/SCRC/26.03.001/2013-2014 January 23, 2014 The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All registered Securitisation Companies/Reconstruction Companies Dear Sir, Conversion of debt into shares, consent level of security enforcement actions and permission to acquire debt from other SC/RCs Please refer to The Securitisation Companies and Reconstruction Companies (Reserve Bank) Guidelines and Directions, 2003… Read More
Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit December 2013
Data for the month of December 2013 on sectoral deployment of credit collected from select 47 scheduled commercial banks accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks are set out in Statements I and II. These data are also available in the Real-Time Handbook of Statistics… Read More
Monitoring of Foreign Investment by NRIs/PIOs under PIS in Indian Companies
The Reserve Bank of India has today notified that the aggregate net purchases of equity shares in M/s Kama Holdings Limited by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) in the primary/secondary markets under Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) have reached the trigger limit. Accordingly, no further purchases of this company would be allowed through stock… Read More
RBI Reviews Guidelines on Restructuring of Advances by NBFCs
RBI/2013-14/459 DNBS.CO. PD. No. 367/03.10.01/2013-14 January 23, 2014 All NBFCs excluding Primary Dealers Dear Sirs, Review of Guidelines on Restructuring of Advances by NBFCs As indicated in paragraph 42 of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 announced on October 29, 2013, the extant instructions on restructuring of advances by NBFCs have been reviewed… Read More
RBI releases ‘Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks: September 2013’
The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website ˜Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks, September 2013'. The publication contains data on spatial distribution of aggregate deposits and gross bank credit of scheduled commercial banks including regional rural banks (RRBs) based on Basic Statistical Return (BSR)-7 as on last Friday… Read More
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