FEMA - Corporate Law Reporter

Master Direction – Reporting under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999

RBI/ FED/ 2015-16/13 FED Master Direction No. 18/ 2015-16 January 1, 2016 To, All Authorised Persons Madam/ Sir, Master Direction – Reporting under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) is administered through the authorised persons and is based on the declarations and averments made to them by persons while undertaking… Read More

Extension of Credit Facilities to Overseas Step-down Subsidiaries of Indian Corporates

RBI/2015-16/279 DBR.IBD.BC.No.68/23.37.001/2015-16 December 31, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and LABs) Madam/Dear Sir, Extension of Credit Facilities to Overseas Step-down Subsidiaries of Indian Corporates Please refer to our circular DBOD.IBD.BC.No.96/23.37.001/2006-07 dated May 10, 2007 permitting banks in India to extend funded and/or non-funded credit facilities to step-down subsidiaries of the overseas subsidiaries of Indian… Read More

Discontinuation of the requirement for Paper to Follow (P2F) for Central Government cheques under Cheque Truncation System

RBI/2015-16/278 DGBA.GAD.No. 2036/42.01.035/2015-16 December 31, 2015 The Chairman and Managing Director/ The Chief Executive Officer All Agency Banks Dear Sir/Madam Discontinuation of the requirement for Paper to Follow (P2F) for Central Government cheques under Cheque Truncation System With a view to enhancing efficiency in cheque clearing, Reserve Bank has introduced Cheque Truncation System (CTS) for… Read More

RBI has extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes

The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes of various denominations, including Rs 500/-and Rs 1,000/-, by another six months to June 30, 2016. The Reserve Bank had, in June 2015, set the last date for public to exchange pre-2005 bank notes as December 31, 2015. Now RBI, on a review, decided to extend the date for the public to exchange their pre-2005 bank notes… Read More

Withdrawal of all old series of Banknotes issued prior to 2005

RBI/2015-16/275 DCM (Plg) No.G-8/2331/10.27.00/2015-16 December 23, 2015 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks / RRBs Madam / Dear Sir, Withdrawal of all old series of Banknotes issued prior to 2005 Please refer to our circular DCM (Plg) No.G-15/5486/10.27.00/2014-15 dated June 26, 2015 and the… Read More

Special Deposit Scheme 1975 – Payment of interest for the calendar year 2015

RBI/2015-16/274 DGBA.GAD. No. 2023/15.01.001/2015-16 December 23, 2015 The Chairman & Managing Director Head Office Government Accounts Department State Bank of India / State Bank of Patiala State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur /State Bank of Travancore State Bank of Hyderabad / State Bank of Mysore Allahabad Bank / Bank of Baroda / Bank of India… Read More

Interest Rates on Advances

RBI/2015-16/273 DBR.No.Dir.BC.67/13.03.00/2015-16 December 17, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam Interest Rates on Advances A reference is invited to paragraph 22 of the first Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2015-16 announced on April 7, 2015 which stated that in order to improve the efficiency of monetary policy transmission, the Reserve Bank will… Read More

Mobile Banking Transactions in India – Operative Guidelines for Banks – Customer Registration for Mobile Banking

RBI/2015-16/269 DPSS.CO.PD.No./1265/02.23.001/2015-2016 December 17, 2015 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / White Label ATM Operators Madam /Dear Sir Mobile Banking Transactions in India - Operative Guidelines for Banks – Customer Registration for… Read More

RBI denies Message on Currency Notes circulating on Social Media

The Reserve Bank of India has today denied having issued a communication circulating on social media alerting members of public that banks will not accept currency notes with scribbling on them from January 1, 2016. The Reserve Bank has reiterated that all currency notes issued by it are legal tender and banks and members can… Read More

Guidelines on trading of Currency Futures and Exchange Traded Currency Options in Recognized Stock Exchanges

Notification RBI/2015-16/267 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 35 December 10, 2015 To All Authorised Dealer Category - I Banks Madam / Sir, Guidelines on trading of Currency Futures and Exchange Traded Currency Options in Recognized Stock Exchanges – Introduction of Cross-Currency Futures and Exchange Traded Option Contracts Attention of Authorized Dealers Category – I (AD… Read More

Section 24 and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

RBI/2015-16/262 DBR.No.Ret.BC.64/12.01.001/2015-16 December 10, 2015 All Commercial Banks, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs), State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs/CCBs) Dear Sir, Section 24 and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) Please refer to circulars DBR.Ret.BC.70/12.02.001/2014-15 and DCBR.BPD.(PCB/RCB).Cir.No.14/16.26.000/2014-15 dated February 03, 2015, on maintenance of Statutory Liquidity… Read More

Inclusion of “IDFC Bank Limited” in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

RBI/2015-16/266 DBR.No.Ret.BC. 66/12.07.136A/2015-16 December 10, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks Dear Sir, Inclusion of “IDFC Bank Limited” in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 We advise that the “IDFC Bank Limited” has been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 vide Notification DBR.PSBD. No.5270/16.01.0146/2015-16… Read More

RBI introduces Cross Currency Futures and Exchange Traded Cross Currency Option Contracts

The Reserve Bank of India has issued guidelines for introduction of cross currency futures and exchange traded cross currency option contracts in the currency pairs of Euro (EUR)-US Dollar (USD), Pound Sterling (GBP)-USD and USD- Japanese Yen (JPY). Further, exchange traded option contracts in the currency pairs of EUR-Indian Rupee (INR), GBP-INR and JPY-INR have… Read More