FEMA - Corporate Law Reporter

RBI circular w.r.t. Revised Guidelines for Base Rate calculations

RBI/2013-14/211 DBOD.No.Dir. BC.47/13.03.00/ 2013-14 September 2 , 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam Base Rate Revised Guidelines Please refer to our circular DBOD. No. Dir. BC. 88/ 13.03.00/ 2009-10 dated April 9, 2010 whereby banks were advised to switch over to the Base Rate system for calculation of their lending rates with effect… Read More

RBI clarifications w.r.t. Foreign students studying in India and KYC procedure for opening bank accounts

RBI/2013-14/210 DBOD.AML.BC.No.45/14.01.001/2013-14 September 2, 2013 The Chairmen/CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)/ Local Area Banks / All India Financial Institutions Dear Sir, Foreign students studying in India KYC procedure for opening of bank accounts It has been represented to us that foreign students arriving in India are facing difficulties in complying with the… Read More

RBI Update w.r.t. Recognising on-line Aadhaar authentication to be accepted as an ˜Officially Valid Document™ under PML Rules

RBI/2013-14/209 DBOD.AML.BC.No.44/14.01.001/2013-14 September 2, 2013 The Chairmen / CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)/Local Area Banks / All India Financial Institutions Dear Sir, Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms /Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards/ Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/Obligation of banks under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 e-KYC Service of UIDAI Recognising… Read More

RBI Updates w.r.t. Implementation of Section 51-A of UAPA, 1967

RBI/2013-14/208 DBOD. AML.No.3316/14.06.001/2013-14 September 2, 2013 The Chairmen / CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)/ Local Area Banks / All India Financial Institutions Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51-A of UAPA, 1967- Updates of the UNSCR 1267(1999) / 1989(2011) Committee's Al Qaida Sanctions List Please refer to our circular DBOD. AML No. 2406/14.06.001/2013-14 dated… Read More

RBI Circular w.r.t. Interest Rates on Rupee Export Credit – UCBs

RBI/2013-14/207 UBD.BPD.(AD) Cir. No.3/13.05.000/2013-14 August 30, 2013 Chief Executive Officer Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (holding AD Category I licence) Dear Sir/ Madam Interest Rates on Rupee Export Credit - UCBs Please refer to our circular UBD.BPD.(AD).Cir. No. 2/13.05.000/2012-13 dated January 22, 2013 on the captioned subject, extending the interest subvention of 2% up to March 31,… Read More

No Proposal to convert Idle Gold into Bullion: RBI clarifies

There have been some news stories in the media in the last couple of days about the Reserve Bank of India discussing/considering various options of converting idle gold, including that available with temple trusts, into bullion. The Reserve Bank clarifies that no such proposal is under its consideration at this juncture. Alpana Killawala Principal Chief… Read More

FDI Norms on Ownership

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a notification amending the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms on ownership during the recent times. Reserve Bank of India has issued Notification No. FEMA.278/2013 dated June 7, 2013 (available on RBI web-site) on guidelines for calculation of total foreign investment in Indian companies, transfer of ownership, control… Read More

FDI Inflow and Outgo

The total inflow and outgo of FDI during each of the last three years is as below: (Amount in Rs. Crore) Year FDI inflows# FDI outgo 2012-13 1,21,906.73 29,700* 2011-12 165,145.53 65,000 2010-11 97,320.39 31,900 # amount includes the inflows received through SIA/Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) route, acquisition of existing shares and RBI™s automatic route only. * upto December, 2012 only… Read More

8% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2003 – Premature Encashment

RBI/2013-14/206 DGBA.CDD. No. 1448/13.01.299/2013-14 August 30, 2013 The Chairman / Managing Director Head Office (Government Accounts Department) State Bank of India and Associates All Nationalized Banks (Excluding Punjab and Sind Bank & Andhra Bank) Axis Bank Ltd./ICICI Bank Ltd./HDFC Bank Ltd./ Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL) Dear Sir/Madam, 8% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2003… Read More

Donations to Trusts and Institutions where Directors, their relatives hold position or are interested

RBI/2013-14/205 UBD.BPD.(PCB).Cir. No. 7/09.72.000//2013-14 August 30, 2013 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Donations to Trusts and Institutions where Directors, their relatives hold position or are interested Please refer to our Circular UBD (PCB)/BPD/Cir.43/09.72.00/2004-05 dated April 11, 2005, in terms of which Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) were advised that the normal… Read More

Statistics in RBI™s Policy Making Conceptual and Empirical Issues

(Inaugural address by Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India at the 7th Statistics Day Conference of RBI, Mumbai on August 30, 2013) We have gathered here today to celebrate the seventh Statistics Day Conference of the Reserve Bank. The Reserve Bank instituted the Statistics Day Conference to honour the memory of Prof. P.… Read More

Statistics and the Reserve Bank of India

(Remarks by Shri Deepak Mohanty, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India at the Statistics Day Conference, Mumbai, August 30, 2013) Governor Dr. Subbarao, Prof. Bimal Roy, Prof. Richard Smith, Prof. B.L.S. Prakasa Rao, Prof. Subhashis Ghoshal, Deputy Governor Dr. Patel, Deputy Governors, colleague Executive Directors, Shri A. B. Chakraborty, distinguished guests from the financial sector… Read More

IMF-World Bank: India – Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision – Detailed Assessment Report

RBI welcomes the comprehensive review of banking regulation and supervision in India done with respect to the highest international standards, by the joint IMF-World Bank team. The Detailed Assessment Report (DAR) recognised that India made considerable progress towards developing a stable financial system through improvements in the legal, regulatory and supervisory framework, which led India to be… Read More