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B) Banknotes

3. Can banknotes be issued only in these denominations? +

Not necessarily. In terms of Section 24 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, bank notes shall be of the denominational values of two rupees, five rupees, ten rupees, twenty rupees, fifty rupees, one hundred rupees, five hundred rupees, one thousand rupees, five thousand rupees and ten thousand rupees or of such other denominational values, not exceeding ten thousand rupees, as the Central Government may, on the recommendation of the Central Board, specify in this behalf.

Housing Loans

11. What precautions do you need to take if you are purchasing a property that is not a newly built one? +

Ensure that the documents being provided to you are not colour photocopies. Check the internet for other modus operandi to fraud and ensure clear title to the asset. Seek advice only from authentic sources such as your bank.

Get the no encumbrance certificate to find the true title holder and if it is mortgaged to any financier. Obtain all tax papers to ensure that all documents are up to date.

Targeted Long Term Repo Operations (TLTROs)

FAQs pertaining to TLTRO 2.0

Q11: Under the TLTRO 2.0 scheme, will the specified eligible instruments have to be acquired up to fifty per cent from primary market issuances and the remaining fifty per cent from the secondary market. Is this limit fungible between primary and secondary market? +

Ans: In order to provide banks flexibility in investment, this condition will not be applicable for funds availed under TLTRO 2.0.

Government Securities Market in India – A Primer

11. How are the dealing transactions recorded by the dealing desk? +

11.1 For every transaction entered into by the trading desk, a deal slip should be generated which should contain data relating to nature of the deal, name of the counter-party, whether it is a direct deal or through a broker (if it is through a broker, name of the broker), details of security, amount, price, contract date and time and settlement date. The deal slips should be serially numbered and verified separately to ensure that each deal slip has been properly accounted for. Once the deal is concluded, the deal slip should be immediately passed on to the back office (it should be separate and distinct from the front office) for recording and processing. For each deal, there must be a system of issue of confirmation to the counter-party. The timely receipt of requisite written confirmation from the counter-party, which must include all essential details of the contract, should be monitored by the back office. The need for counterparty confirmation of deals matched on NDS-OM will not arise, as NDS-OM is an anonymous automated order matching system. In case of trades finalized in the OTC market and reported on NDS-OM reported segment, both the buying and selling counter parties report the trade particulars separately on the reporting platform which should match for the trade to be settled.

11.2 Once a deal has been concluded through a broker, there should not be any substitution of the counterparty by the broker. Similarly, the security sold / purchased in a deal should not be substituted by another security under any circumstances.

11.3 On the basis of vouchers passed by the back office (which should be done after verification of actual contract notes received from the broker / counter party and confirmation of the deal by the counter party), the books of account should be independently prepared.

Remittances (Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS) and Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA))

Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS)

11. What are the permissions needed for carrying out MTSS ? +

Indian Agents need permission from the Regional Office concerned of the Foreign Exchange Department, Reserve Bank of India to operate under the MTSS framework. Further, the Overseas Principal also need to obtain necessary authorisation from the Department of Payment and Settlement Systems, Reserve Bank of India under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act (PSS Act), 2007.

FAQs on Non-Banking Financial Companies

Exemptions to the companies not accepting public deposits

11. The companies not accepting public deposits and engaged in leasing, hire purchase finance, loan and general investment activities have been exempted from the requirement of capital adequacy but asked to comply with other prudential norms. Why ? +

The prudential norms relating to income recognition, accounting standards, asset classification, provisioning against bad and doubtful debts are the norms which have a bearing on disclosure of true and fair picture of the financial health of the NBFC. These companies normally borrow from other corporate bodies as also from banks and financial institutions. These are also the companies which may commence accepting public deposits at short notice. It is necessary that their Balance Sheets on which all the lenders would rely should be transparent and clean, else these companies would be able to inflate their profits and conceal the decline in the value of their investments as also unprovided NPAs. Such companies might turn out to be potential defaulters in servicing their borrowings from the financial system. The exemptions from capital adequacy and credit/ investment concentration norms have been given because public deposits are not involved.

Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA) under FEMA 1999

Eligible entities and requirements to submit the FLA return

Q11. If an entity has not received any inward FDI / made overseas investment in the latest FY, do they need to submit the FLA return? +

Ans: If an entity has not ‘received any fresh FDI and/or ODI (overseas direct investment)’ in the latest FY but has outstanding FDI and/or ODI as at end-March of that financial year, then it is required to submit their outstanding position as on March 31 in the FLA return every year by July 15.

Domestic Deposits

I. Domestic Deposits

11. Whether additional interest admissible to bank’s staff can be paid on the compensation awarded by the court to minor child and deposited in the joint name of minor child and parent? +

No. As the money belongs to the minor child and not the bank’s staff, additional interest cannot be paid.

Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey – India

What to report under CPIS?

Q11. What information should be reported under CPIS? +

Ans: The survey collects details of portfolio investment assets of domestic residents made in securities issued by unrelated non-residents i.e., securities issued by unrelated non-residents and owned by residents.

FAQs on Master Directions on Priority Sector Lending Guidelines

K. On-lending under Priority Sector

Query 43: While lending to intermediaries for on-lending to priority sector, can the bank reckon the total outstanding loan to the NBFCs / MFIs / HFCs towards its priority sector achievement. +

Clarification: In the case of bank’s lending to NBFCs / MFIs / HFCs for on-lending, only that portion of the portfolio should be reckoned for PSL classification that has been disbursed by the NBFC / MFI / HFC to the ultimate borrower/s as on the reporting date. The reckoning of residual portfolio, if any, can be done on subsequent reporting dates, based on the disbursement of eligible loans and reported by the NBFC / MFI / HFC to the bank.