Banks can invest in their subsidiaries. However, such investments will be outside the purview of 5%of the outstanding advances of the previous year and subject to compliance of Section 19 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The title to Relief/Savings Bonds of a deceased sole holder or joint holder may be recognised as per the simplified procedure explained at Question No. 16.

উত্তর. PPI জারিকর্তার একটি সুবিধা PPI ধারকদের দেবে যাতে তার ন্যূনতম শেষ 6 মাসের ব্যাংক খাতার হিসেব বিবরণ পেতে পারেন । এই খাতা বিবরণ, ন্যূনতম ভাবে, বিশদ দিতে হবে যেমন লেনদেনের তারিখ, জমা / খরচের অঙ্ক, শেষ অবশিষ্ট এবং লেনদেনের বর্ণনা । এছাড়া, PPI জারিকর্তা ন্যূনতম 10টি লেনদেনের জন্য লেনদেনের ইতিহাস বা বিবরণ তুলে ধরবে ।

A. No.It is not envisaged that all the companies in the Promoter Group have to set up the wholly owned NOFHC. As provided in para 2(C)(iii) of the guidelines, only the non-financial services companies/entities and non-operative financial holding companies in the Promoter Group and individuals belonging to Promoter Group, conforming to the stipulation in para 2(C)(ii)(a) and (b), will be allowed to hold the shares of NOFHC. Further, para 2(C)(vii) requires that all the regulated financial services entities, in which the Promoter Group has ‘significant influence’ or ‘control’, (as defined in Accounting Standard 23) shall be held by the NOFHC, and that, such entities cannot hold shares in the NOFHC [para 2 (C) (iii) & (vii)].

It has been decided in public interest that all banks, both Indian and foreign, including those not having an operational presence in India, should seek prior approval from Reserve Bank for the schemes being marketed by them in India to Indian residents either for soliciting foreign currency deposits for their foreign/overseas branches or for acting as agents for overseas mutual funds or any other foreign financial services company.

Resident individuals in India can acquire foreign securities without prior approval in the following cases: -by way of gift from a person outside India; orissued by a company incorporated outside India under Cashless Employees Stock Option Scheme which does not involve any remittance from India; orby way of inheritance from a person whether resident in or outside India; orpurchase of foreign securities out of funds held in the Resident Foreign Currency Account maintained in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Account) Regulations, 2000; orbonus shares on the foreign securities already held by them; orResident individuals are permitted to make overseas investments without any limit in listed overseas companies that have at least 10% share in an Indian company listed in a recognized stock exchange in India as on 1st January of the year of investment.

The bills covering payment of electricity charges, customs duty, hire purchase/lease rental instalments, sale of securities and other types of financial accommodation should not be discounted by banks.

Yes.  Relief/Savings Bonds, like other Government securities, can be transferred by execution of transfer forms as explained at Question No. 14. However, the specific Government loan notifications issued for the 7% Savings Bonds, 2002, 6.5% Savings Bonds, 2003 (Non taxable) and 8% Savings Bonds, 2003 (Taxable) have prescribed the specific conditions subject to which such transfers may take place. While all the three Savings Bonds are transferable to the nominee in case of death of the holder, the 7% Savings Bonds, 2002 and 6.5% Savings Bonds, 2003 (Non taxable) are also transferable by way of gift to a "relative" as defined in section 6 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956. Section 6 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956 defines "relative" as under:

A person shall be deemed to be a relative of another if and only if,

a) they are members of a Hindu undivided family; or
b) they are husband and wife; or
c) the one is related to the other in the manner indicated in Schedule 1A of the Indian Companies Act, 1956.

Apart from the above, the three Savings Bonds shall also be transferable in favour of the pledgee/creditor, if the pledgee/creditor invokes the pledge, hypothecation or lien as per Regulation 21 (3) of the G S Regulations.

Ans. In case of PPIs issued by banks and non-banks, customers have recourse to the Reserve Bank - Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2021 for grievance redressal. This scheme is available on the RBI website at the link - https://cms.rbi.org.in.

A. The Promoters/Promoter Group cannot set up a bank directly. They have to first set up a wholly owned NOFHC, which will hold the bank and other regulated financial services entities/companies in which the Promoter Group has ‘significant influence’ or ‘control’ (as defined in Accounting Standard-23).NOFHC could be set-up with equity participation by a sub-set of non-financial services companies/entities/individuals and non-operative financial holding companies in the Promoter Group provided the equity participation is in conformity with the stipulation at para 2 (C) (ii) of the guidelines.