• The investor will be advised one month before maturity regarding the ensuing maturity of the bond.

• On the date of maturity, the maturity proceeds will be credited to the bank account as per the details on record.

• In case there are changes in any details, such as, account number, email ids, then the investor must intimate the bank/SHCIL/PO promptly.

No.  If a Government security is held on behalf of a minor, the payment for the same may be made to the father or mother of such minor and in case neither parent is alive then the payment is made to a person entitled, as per law, to take care of the property of the minor. However, if a Government security, whose principal value does not exceed Rupees One lakh, belongs to a minor or person who is insane and incapable of managing his affairs, RBI may make a vesting order in terms of Regulation 17 of the GS Regulations in favour of a person to represent the minor or insane person.

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In BSBDA, banks are required to provide free of charge minimum four withdrawals, including through ATM and other mode. Beyond four withdrawals, it is left to discretion of the banks to either offer free or charge for additional withdrawal/s. However pricing structure may be put in place by banks on a reasonable, non-discretionary, non-discriminatory and transparent manner by banks.

Taking personal jewellery out of India is governed by Baggage Rules framed under Export-Import Policy by the Government of India.

Since the orders placed on present application merges with main NDS-OM, the trade segment are as same as normal NDS-OM i.e. Standard market and Odd Lot Market. The Lot size for the Standard Market is minimum Rs.5 crore and in multiples of Rs. 5 crore. In the Odd Lot segment the minimum lot size is Rs.10,000 for Central and State Government Securities and Rs.25,000 for Treasury Bills. Presently GAH are not permitted to participate in the When Issued Market. GAH are also not permitted to short sale in government securities market.

Yes. In case of any need to withdraw or stop a mandate the customer can do so by approaching the user institution to withdraw the mandate. The account holder / customer can also withdraw the mandate / debit instruction directly from his / her banker without involvement of the User institution. The withdrawal instructions of a customer in such cases would be treated equivalent to a ‘stop payment’ instruction in cheque clearing system. However, as a matter of best practice, the customer may also provide prior notice or intimation of mandate withdrawal to the ECS user institution well in time, so as to ensure that the input files submitted by the user institution does not include the ECS Debit details in respect of the withdrawn / stopped mandates, leading to avoidable returns/rejections etc.

• Like fixed rate G-Secs, IIBs would be underwritten by the primary dealers.

The objective of TReDS is to create Electronic Bill Factoring Exchanges which could electronically accept and settle bills so that MSMEs could encash their receivables without delay. This will not only give them greater access to finance but will also put greater discipline on corporates to pay their dues on time. For more details you may refer to RBI guidelines for setting up and operating TReDS on /en/web/rbi/-/guidelines-for-the-trade-receivables-discounting-system-treds-3504.

Residents are free to carry the foreign exchange purchased from an authorised dealer or money changer in accordance with the Rules. In addition, they can also carry up to USD 2,000, or higher amounts representing the unutilized balance of a previous trip, if already held by them (see item13 above) in accordance with the Regulations.

Ans: Complaints can be filed online on https://cms.rbi.org.in, or through the dedicated e-mail or sent in physical mode to the ‘Centralised Receipt and Processing Centre’ set up at RBI, 4th Floor, Sector 17, Chandigarh – 160 017 in the format given at the following path - /documents/87730/39016390/RBIOS2021_121121_A.pdf. A toll-free number – 14448 (9:30 am to 5:15 pm) – is also available for customers to seek assistance in filing complaints and information on grievance redressal, with multi-lingual support.